Boise, ID
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The following story comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID:
As typical, we received a variety of visitors last week. So, thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort.
As we were setting up the table, “Louia” approached and let us know he had talked to us some months before. A Catholic, who had previously admitted he had been struggling with his faith and angry at God, he let us know he was once again attending Mass although still sometimes feeling frustrated with God. Currently, he is praying for a woman he had seen on the news, who had died unjustly, and for the police to find her assailant. He selected a Rosary and stayed to chat for a while. Pray that Louis grows in confidence and trust in God’s timing and good will.
A grinning man stopped and asked, “What’s your pitch?” We explained the mission and purpose of the apostolate and the Rosary. Still grinning, he replied that he was an active Catholic and had plenty of Rosaries, but appreciated what we were doing. He asked about Chuck’s conversion and shared his own stories of arguing with non-Catholic friends. Pray that our visitor is filled with the Holy Spirit so he may evangelize his friends.
Two men and a woman were noisily working their way across the business park, carrying leftovers from lunch. The short man kept clowning around as he talked to me. He wasn’t Christian, so I encouraged him to get to know Jesus Christ through spending time thinking about the Mysteries of the Rosary. He also good-naturedly accepted a copy of the Good News/kerygma pamphlet. The woman listened to all that was being said, encouraged us for being out there, but didn’t accept a Rosary herself. The tall man, meanwhile, was more serious and seemed uncomfortable taking a Rosary. He said what denomination he grew up in and Chuck shared that he had converted to Catholicism from that denomination. He wanted to know why and Chuck began to share the short version of his story, but the other man and woman were urging him to leave and he began edging away. We let him know we were there every Sunday, if he wanted to talk some more. Pray that the seeds of curiosity take root and he seeks to know more about the Catholic Church.
Soon after, another mom stopped, also accompanied by a dressed-up girl, perhaps a year or two older than our previous visitor. They each accepted a Rosary, the pamphlet on how to pray it, and the encouragement to pray it together as a family. Then one of the evangelists asked what the event was, since another fancily dressed girl had just stopped for a Rosary. They explained that the traditional holiday ballet performance had just occurred a few blocks away. May God bless them and show them that He is “the one thing necessary” (cf. Luke 10:42).
Praised be Jesus Christ!