Hello Family and Friends!! What an interesting week it has been! I hope all is going well for all of you and I have been praying for you :) so, this week we found some really interesting people to talk to. A lady let us into her house to talk with her after knocking on the door which never happens! We were able to talk with her for like an hour about Christ and how that has helped her in her life. We also talked about the Book of Mormon and she seemed really interested and willing to read it so we were super excited! :) yesterday (Sunday) was the most interesting though haha so we are going around knocking on doors and this man answers the door, around 26 years old. We tell him we are missionaries and ask him if he has a faith in Jesus Christ (most people do here in Indiana) and he tells us that he used to be Catholic but he got offended by his Priest and so now he is a Satanist...WHOAH...we definitely were not expecting that!....haha our initial reaction was shock and unease, but we kept talking to him and learned what he believes and come to find out he doesn't even believe in Satan! That was probably more shocking lol he said that he's pretty much just like an atheist but that he believes in doing good to other people and that because he does good to others it will be returned to him. Long story short, we gave him a Book of Mormon and he said he would really like to read it. He is moving soon, but he is moving pretty close to a young single adult ward, so hopefully he reaches out so he can meet some good people and learn more. This was a pretty cool experience for Sister Harris and I because initially we wanted to disregard this man as someone who wouldn't be interested in what we had to say because of the religious background and the way he looked. But, the more we talked to him, the more we were able to see where he was coming from and that the gospel of Jesus Christ may be the very thing he has been missing in his life and searching for. So my big take home from this is to talk to everyone! We are all children of a God who wants us to return to Him! The situation could have ended a lot different if we just said "oh alright, I guess we will go to the next house" upon finding out his religion but faith and listening to the Spirit when talking to him led us to a whole different outcome. I want to invite all of you to open your mouths to share your testimonies. In the scriptures we see examples of people who converted and what did they do after they had this deep faith and conversion? They SHARED it!! Please share your testimony! People out there need this light and truth that we have. They need Jesus Christ in their lives more fully. I invite you all to think about the testimony you have, and who you could possible share it with. I know by sharing the testimony you have, you will strengthen it and develop a greater desire to strengthen it even more.
I love you all!! Happy Halloween!! :)
Serving with a smile,
Sister Bradley
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