Boise, Idaho
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This is the first in a two-part story from team leader Lucy in Boise, Idaho:
God is real and He hears prayers. So, thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort.
A woman, visiting from the South, was in town for only a few more hours. As she took a walk to pass the time, she encountered us. A non-Catholic Christian, she was happy to see the crosses (on the Rosaries) displayed in public. The evangelist reminded our visitor about how Jeremiah 29:7 exhorts us to pray for the city in which we live. “That’s right!” our visitor replied, “I had forgotten that verse. I’m going to go home and tell my church your story and get a prayer campaign going there.” May God restore peace to her community and to our world.
First-time evangelist, Nancy, joined us. A friendly retired nurse and Rosary maker from a nearby parish, she felt the Lord was asking her to evangelize with us, although she didn’t “want to”. A good sport, she came to watch us in action. Unfortunately, the triple-degree weather kept a good many people indoors so foot traffic was light. Still, she’d be a valuable addition to the team. Please pray for Nancy, that she accurately discerns God’s will in this. Please also send up a prayer for her sister-in-law, who has eye problems.
Once Nancy joined us, we had almost no takers. I’ve noticed that when God calls a new evangelist to the team, their first session is usually a “trial by fire”. This time, the trial was of people ignoring us. But then, as we were putting away the Rosaries at the end of the session, a 30-ish woman stopped who had been a non-Catholic Christian. The evangelist explained the Rosary devotion to her as a way to find out Who Jesus really is while meditating on the Mysteries. She gladly chose a purple Rosary and accepted the pamphlet on how to pray it. Was this a seed of salvation “just in the nick of time”? We pray so. May God grant her a deep love for the devotion and draw her closer to Himself.
Altogether, the four evangelists gave away 10-15 Rosaries and its pamphlet on how to pray it, as well as a map to area parishes and a copy of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.