Day 3 of the New Month

I didn't get to work on the place mats today, sadly. Dr Appointments kept me overlong this morning and we met with the Missionaries tonight. Since the theme is "home"--and the Gospel of Christ is about keeping families together, I felt this was a great activity--as long as I kept a record of it.

The Church is using our town as a pilot program for what they call a "Church Tour." The premise is that quite often people are more open to hearing the teachings of Christ once they have toured the building and discover that it is a place where we go to worship and feel God's Spirit. and to hear the Gospel taught. The missionaries take the 'investigators' around the building, using the building itself and the pictures there to present the basic principles of the Gospel. The tour is supposed to take 30 min, max--but ours went and hour! We played the part of investigators, and I pulled my experiences as a Baptist to ask questions. The Elders said my questions were very helpful to them and they could improve the Tour experience for their investigators.

The funny part about all this, is that DH REALLY didn't want to go tonight, and tried to beg off. I felt that we REALLY needed to go, since the Stake Pres had asked us to. As we were walking out to the car, DH said, "I guess you were prompted to go tonight.'

Now we need to be open for the opportunity to share the Gospel with someone--especially since the Elders prayed specifically for that opportunity on our behalf.

Stay tuned...