Thanks be to God for another great day outside the Iron Wood library in Ahwatukee. Also a big thanks to Rogelio Donos for coming out to help evangelize today. Rogelio and I were first greeted by Jacob and his 3 year old son. His son picked out a rosary and Jacob showed us his beautiful Lestovka leather prayer rope. I had never seen a Lestovka before, as you can see in the photo it sort of looks like a rosary. Jacob explained, it is a leather pray rope that comes from Russian heritage and is mainly prayed using the Jesus Prayer. Jacob was Catholic from the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, also known as the Byzantine Catholic Church. It was a blessing to meet another Catholic from a different rite.

We also spoke with Amanda who had 2 daughters with her and one of them wanted a rosary. As the daughter was selecting a rosary, Amanda shared with us that she did not go to church, but that one of her daughters sometimes did. As we were still talking, Amanda nonchalantly reached over and picked up a, Why Be Catholic brochure. We also gave her The Good News brochure and a miraculous metal. It was inspiring to watch the Holy Spirit at work.

We also met with Rich, a former Baptist seminarian. He shared with us that he had a collection of Bibles and was curious as to what Bible we had with us. Rogelio was able to carry on a conversation with Rich about several of the early Church fathers, on which he was quite knowledgeable on this subject.

We also met Adriana, a Catholic grandmother who was bringing her grandson to the Con-Fusion 2023: Weird and Wild West event, that was taking place at the library. Her grandson was excited to attend, and had crafted some very creative goggles for the event. He was drawn to our table of colorful rosary's and selected one on his way into the event. What was touching was, after coming out of the library, he came back to our table and wanted to pick-out another rosary to give to his father. We also gave him and his grandmother Adriana a couple of miraculous metals to hand out to their family and friends.

Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ for a great day!