After meetings last Friday we accompanied President Penrod, the district president, to visit and have lunch with the mother and 2 brothers of Azat Haddad, the young man who is preparing to go on a mission. The mother and one of the brothers are not members. The other brother, Nash, is a counselor in the branch presidency in Amman Branch 1. President Penrod speaks fluent Arabic and was able to teach the mother and non-member brother about modern-day revelation and living prophets and answer some of their questions. We could sense that they were touched. We ended the visit with prayer being offered by Nash. He prayed that his mother would join the church. She is a sweet lady. It would be great if Azat could baptize his mother before he leaves on his mission.
On our mission we have never had the opportunity to teach the gospel discussions in someone's home. We wish with all our hearts that we could. However our mission has been to show people the love of the Savior by the charitable things we do. Neal Maxwell said, "Go out and preach the gospel. If necessary, use words." That's what we try to do. We hope and pray that what we do will help prepare people's hearts and minds so that when the time is right and the barriers are down they will readily accept the gospel message--using the words.
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