Joshua James, from San Antonio, used to be Catholic, but left because of the clergy abuse scandal (their parish had an abuser priest). He has been going to a Southern Baptist Church since. We acknowledged the horror of the abuse scandal and invited him back. He took a, "Why be Catholic" pamphlet and we pointed him to St. Joseph's in Anderson.

Pat, a real southern lady, liked the Divine Mercy picture we have on the table and commented she has many pictures of Jesus in her home. We gave her a chaplet and a pamphlet on how to pray the chaplet. We also briefly explained the vision of Jesus to St. Faustina and His message of mercy.

Christine (mom) and Sherlyn (daughter) are Catholic and go to Our Risen Savior in Spartanburg. They have not gone to Mass in two weeks because the Spanish speaking priest left and the one now is not fluent in Spanish. Ernesto encouraged them to be faithful. He gave an in depth explaination of how to pray the Rosary.

Daisy (mom) & Lily (daughter) - Daisy was raised Catholic, says she is spiritual now, but is looking back at her faith. She took Rosary for her daughter and a Gospel card, a pamphlet on abortion, and "Reasons to Return to the Catholic Church."

Rosalva and Juan are Catholic, go to Mass at St. Mary Magdeline, but do not take communion as they have lived together for 20 or more years and are not married. Ernesto explained the importance of matrimony being holy for our benefit to help each other to heaven and to build society. They took an Our Lady of Guadalupe holy card and a Rosary. Ernesto gave the number of St. Mary Magdeline Catholic Church and encouraged them to get married as soon as possible.

Barbara (Peruvian and Guatamalan) & Eric (Mexican) stopped by with their 5 kids. They are Catholic and took a 3MC (3 Minute Catechism) DVD, Rosaries, and a St. Jude medal with holy card.

A Hispanic family (Dad, mom, and son) who go to St. Mary of the Angels in Anderson were excited to take a couple Rosaries (they said they pray it often and are regular Mass goers). They also took a 3MC DVD.

Angela Maria and Senovio go to Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Lauren's. They are catechists for RCIA and the youth. Angela needed some 20 or so Rosaries for the recent confirmands and wanted to give me some money but I gave them to her anyways for free as we had recieved the Rosaries ourselves for free. As I talked to Senovio, Angela started evangelizing any Spanish speaking passerby. I invited them to join us sometime in the future or tell others in their parish about our apostolate.

Marcos and Amanda took Rosaries and a pamphlet on how to pray it.

We found out about some youngsters named Luke and Ciel who are immune compromised from Aaron and Becky who regularly sell at the Jocky Lot. We prayed for them together right there. Aaron is a Methodist and Becky's mother is Catholic but Becky went to a Baptist church for sometime and left because they did not respect native American culture (she is Blackfoot and Iroquois). Aaron took a Rosary for his mom with a pamphlet on how to pray it. I explained the connection of the Gospel (which they both affirmed they believe) and the Rosary. I also explained a bit about why catholics believe in the intercession of the saints. He also took a St. Jude medal with a holy card for a friend whom he said is really struggling. Without me even having to explain he already knew St. Jude as the patron of difficult situations.

We met so many Spanish speakers who wanted materials. We are running low! Please consider donating to help us cover the cost of Spanish pamphlets, booklets and Bibles!