Ok one day I might stop writing about mission related things, but I just can't stop.....
Today I went to SLC to meet up with the ward mission leader & his family from my very first area. I loved them so much & they really helped me a lot in the early days of my mission. I loved seeing them! I love how many friends that I have made from my mission!
Then I met up with my dear friend Jessie for some Chipotle & we just had a great visit! Then I decided to finally head back home, but not before stopping at my most favorite maverick convenience store to fill up on gas! I was a frequent flier there before my mission. The roommates & I became great friends with many of the employees, however there was this one that I just loved! He was so nice all the time, there were times when I would talk to him for 10-15 min in the morning his name was Ruberto. Well I went in this evening to find him working! I wasn't sure if he recognized me.....he did! He asked how I have been? We had a little small talk & he said I haven't seen you in a really long time in his spanish accent, did you start working some where else? I had an immediate feeling that I needed to bring up my mission. So I told him I left for a LDS mission & just returned a few weeks ago. He asked where I went, then proceeded to say so you are Mormon? I said Yes! Are you? He replied no I am Catholic. I then asked if he was born and raised Catholic, he told me that he was & that he now teaches at a church out in Kearns. I asked him if he had heard much about the Mormon faith? He said no & since there were a few people behind me now, I remembered my stash of mormon.org pass-a-long cards. I pulled one out & said on the back here is a website, mormon.org, there are a bunch of really neat videos and it teaches what we believe & I would love for you to look at it! Then he read the question, Where do I go when I die? On the front and turned it over. Then said, for you I will look at it! Thank you!
I then left Maverick beaming! My first real missionary opportunity since I have been home from my mission and it felt SO good! And it was so easy!! I am so grateful for that simple little opportunity to share something that means so much to me with another! AAH! I am still so excited about it! We just never know who we touch and how it will affect that person! But we get to feel the joy that comes from sharing!
BOOYA! Good job girl! I find myself passing up some missionary moments because I am scared.... what?! I just spent a year and a half doing it. I'll have to muster up my courage again! You are a good example. Love ya!
ReplyDelete