Those who know not where to find it

Sunday afternoon Sister Clark and I parked in the north of our area and began walking to an appointment. It had been a long day (long day of music-- we seen to average 3 musical numbers a week in this area (-: ) and we were late for our appointment. As we walked down Aime, I said hello to an Indian man walking by. We say hello to many people every day-- hundreds in a week probably, but for some reason, just then I remembered my recent resolve to REALLY talk to the people we meet on the street. It is one thing to say a cheery hello to everyone you meet, but an entirely different thing to invite every person you meet to come unto Christ through His restored Gospel.

So I stopped, turned around, and stuck my hand out to this gentleman, "Hi, I'm Sister Hales"
My companion is now rather used to my stopping randomly mid-stride to talk with anyone (human or animal--- did I tell you about contacting the parrot accidentally(?) and she too introduced herself.
The man just looked at my hand for a minute, and said, "I'm not your religion"

"Oh that's ok! We talk to everyone!" (yes, all my sentences as a missionary end with an exclamation point)

What he said next surprised me, "How did you know I was thinking about religion?"

I smiled. "We are representatives of Jesus Christ, and as such, His Holy Spirit guides us to those who want to learn more about him."

"You know, he said, I was just talking with God, and asking him to show me a sign, to show me more about him, because you know I practice my religion and I try to be good, but I just feel like I am missing something, and I was just asking God to show me what it is. Do you know of a quite place around here where I could pray?"

Sister Clark and I looked at each other and smiled-- does one ever stop being amazed my the miracles of God?

"We'll we are here to teach you how you can fill that missing part with a greater understanding of God. Have you ever heard of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?"

"Michael" is moving back to India on Tuesday, but we talked for some time about revelation and the truths restored through Joseph Smith. We showed him how to get a hold of the missionaries in India, and he promised to find out more.

There are people in every city, in every neighborhood who are looking for the truth of God. Some of them know it, some of them don't but, "mine elect hear my voice, and they harden not their hearts." It is our job, (yes you!) to find them, to let them hear the Shepherd's voice through the scriptures, through the missionary discussions, through church, general conference, through your testimony.>>