I met Mormons for the 1st time and it wasn’t them approaching me but me approaching them. Well, actually I did not know that they were Mormons. I saw them kind of lost in the area of my hostel so I went to help them. They were an elderly couple dressed prim and proper and were going to a friend’s house for dinner and well, I could have guessed that they were from Utah and yes they were.. since most Mormons come from there as they were driven to ‘exile’ to Utah during the fledgling years of the Mormon movement. So while talking, they passed me one pamphlet and when I saw Church of Latter-day Saint, the reaction in my mind was ‘OH.. They better not evangelise to me.’ Cos I wasn’t the least prepared for a debate in this crappy weather. But well, they didn’t and I was spared. But I still spoke with them for I just took them as normal human beings instead of performing a religious discrimination.
But what I took from here is that they had a pamphlet/tract on hand to give to anyone who approached them. I wonder how many of us Christians actually have a tract always ready to pass to a friend/a stranger? I never did it before. I know my dad puts some in his car. Some of the taxi drivers in my church put tracts in their cabs. It’s a workable idea just that we never tried it before. Just start with giving one and soon you can work your way up and give more. GIve one today, give 2 tmr and so on and so forth. I’m sure one day, one tract will work its way to the heart and mind of the person. I hope i can try this when I get home. But we will see.
