Greenville, SC
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This report comes from evangelist Ernesto with our SPSE team in Greenville, South Carolina:
For me evangelizing and everything I do for God requires trust and some level of suffering, but it is very rewarding. We always pray before and after going out. We pray that first of all the Holy Spirit will guide us on what to say and do. Also we ask God to bring us people who need to hear the truth and of course we pray that when strangers pass by our table, that all evil influences, prejudices, aggression and negative brainwashing will give way to the love of God and curiosity about the goodness that God wills and offers them.
On this Saturday we had our typical measure of suffering because some people showed disdain when they saw we were advertising: “Catholic Truth” on our sign. Whatever religious background they had, evidently they were not open to Catholic Truth. Not even to ask what we were offering. These passersby must have been of several religious persuasions, maybe even Catholics. Pride is always used by the Evil One to separate us from goodness.
Not all was suffering though, we had a few people who did stop to have a conversation, this was joy to us, to feel we could serve God, although we know that just making ourselves available to serve God is serving the Almighty and for anyone to be exposed to the advertisement for Catholic Truth must soften hearts at some level towards wondering about it and like a seed dying to oneself and yielding fruit.
One man stopped to say he was Catholic but he would not follow the rules of the Church, he needed to do what he wished and he was not repentant. We could see how God tries to reach us wherever we are, but many times we turn away. We hope in the future that man and all sinners will accept God and His love for us and we would love and obey God with all our being. As the last gentleman walked away he told me he didn’t want to give his money to the Church. I told him God didn’t want His money, He wanted him. If he couldn’t give his money he could give himself. He walked away.
Please, please, please—pray, pray, and pray for these people.