Boise, ID
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The following is a continuation from yesterday’s story and comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID:
A thin, mustached, very calm and friendly man in his early 20s was wearing a work uniform. Passing us, he stretched out his hand to offer the evangelists a dollar. When we explained that we can’t take donations and that he could have a Rosary for free, he declined and said he was a pagan. James tried again, saying the Rosary points to the one true God. But the young man said he worships other gods and went on his way. Chuck felt confused by his offer to us of money. But James remembered learning that the Romans of yore accepted all the gods of the nations they conquered as a way “to hedge their bets”, so to speak. So, the evangelist thought that maybe this young man was making an offering to what he considered to be just one more god whom he needed to placate. Pray that our visitor will, like the pagan world once did, have his eyes opened to Who the one true God really is.
A father and tween son stopped for a Rosary and revealed that he and his family are in OCIA. When asked what brought him to the Catholic Church, he said that his life is good and complete with a happy marriage, good children and a job he loves, etc., but that recently he had an uneasy feeling that something was still missing. So, he gathered up his family and they went to some different non-Catholic Christian churches. His wife, who was baptized Catholic but had not attended Mass since she was a teen, said those churches they attended just didn’t seem right to her. So, they tried going to a Catholic Mass. Immediately, they felt that this is what they had been looking for! The man and his kids couldn’t wait to be baptized at the Easter Vigil and his wife was excited about getting Confirmed. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! Hallelujah!
A grinning young woman in a costume, but holding the fuzzy (and hot!) pony head mask under her arm, enthusiastically agreed to take a Rosary. She was excited because she had just met the artists for the cartoon her costume represented in the convention and they had signed her books. She was familiar with the Rosary and elated to get hold of one. Later, when she was passing with three other young ladies in costume, we encouraged her to bring her friends to the table. But one of them said she had lots of Rosaries at home already. Praise God for her joyful faith and her choice of faithful friends.
Please pray, too, for all the people we encountered last week.
Altogether, the four evangelists gave away 30-35 Rosaries its pamphlet, 1 “Good News”/kerygma pamphlet, 1 “Do I Need a Savior?” pamphlet, 1-2 Divine Mercy prayer cards, and 1-2 Our Lady Untier of Knots prayer cards.
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.
We never know what we’ll encounter, but trust in God’s love for everyone who sees us. So, thank you again for your prayers and other support for this apostolate. In turn, may God protect and greatly bless you and all those you love!