Every member a missionary

I love missionary work. It's so cool. I am constantly amazed at how the gospel of Jesus Christ changes people's lives. I have a friend here at work who had been taking the missionary discussions, but stopped for some reason. She was talking to me about it, and we had a great discussion about the Church and some of the things she had learned. I asked if she had been to church yet, and she said no. I told her I would be happy to pick her up Sunday and bring her to my ward if she was interested, and she enthusiastically agreed.

Sunday morning I picked up her and her 4-year-old son, Jared. Sacrament meeting was long for him, but I had some books and Cheerios, so all was well. She joined us in Primary, and Jared had a ball. There's another Jared in Primary, and after watching him, my friend decided that there must be something in the name, because both boys were very energetic!

After Sharing Time, I offered to take Jared to class, which made him a little nervous, so I took him and his Mom down to Relief Society. Once he realized there were no kids there, he willingly went to class. He seemed to have a great time, and Norma enjoyed herself too. But that's not the end of the story. Norma had explained that the missionaries hadn't been by her house for weeks, and that she was considering calling them again. She had told me that Jared had been having night fevers, and I encouraged her to call the missionaries so they could give him a blessing. She agreed that that was a good idea.

After we dropped her off at home, the boys and I noticed the missionaries walking down the street not far from her home. I said a quick little prayer asking that they go by and visit her. We then went home and pretty much forgot all about it.

This morning Norma stopped in my office to tell me how crazy it was that the missionaries happened to stop by her house that afternoon. I grinned and told her she didn't know the half of it. I explained how we had seen them and about my prayer. She broke out in goosebumps.

She and her husband will be attending the ward in their neighborhood this Sunday. Her only "negative" comment about church? She didn't like Sacrament meeting too much because she wanted them to talk about the "Mormon book" more. :) I told her to go to Sunday School, specifically Gospel Essentials, if her ward has that class.

Gotta run. Peace out.