Boise, ID
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The following is a continuation of yesterday’s story and comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID:
A large family stopped for a Rosary apiece. One of them wanted the Rosary pamphlet in Spanish. One of the children came running back to ask for another Rosary for his aunt, who would be fine with the English pamphlet. May God bless the family!
A young-adult man on an electric scooter sped past. He ignored our offer without looking at us, as do many. But, out of the corner of our eye, we saw him glide around the whole business park square to circle back to us. He didn’t stop this time either, but slowed down to say, “Didn’t mean to ignore you. Just wanted to say ‘no thank you and God bless.’” May God bless him for the gift of his politeness.
“Marty” paused to chat about various things and, when we brought the conversation around to God being good, he readily agreed. He added that he thought he had a good relationship with God, saying half jokingly, “I attend the church-of-Marty.” When we responded that maybe he should look around for something more, he shrugged the suggestion off with another joke and moved on. Please continue to pray for Marty.
“Richard” identifies as belonging to the pseudo-Christian sect meeting in the sports arena. About 5 minutes before closing, he came out of the arena carrying 2 bottles of ice water to offer to us. He acknowledged that we were “people of Faith” and he wanted to be charitable. He’d recently moved here from a coastal city that is hostile to any show of religion, as were several other cities in which he’d lived. He is grateful that people in Boise are so polite, even when they follow a different philosophy. He again lamented that people were so openly hostile to religion where he came from, and he thanked us for sharing our faith in public. Pray that the hearts of many will be softened and accept the God of truth and salvation, and that Richard and his church will accept the Cross and their Lord crucified upon it for their salvation (cf. Mt 10:42).
The weather continued hot. But several times during the session, a strong breeze blew through the fountain and past us, moderating the temperatures nicely. Quite a few people were out and about. Altogether, we gave away 15-20 Rosaries and its pamphlet, as well as a Good News/kerygma pamphlet.
Please pray for us again today? Ask God to send people to us with hearts prepared to perceive their need for Our Savior Jesus Christ and His Holy Catholic Church, and that much good fruit for His Kingdom comes of today’s efforts.