new calls

Forrest has got some great new calls. It was the first day after the part on finding men in the ministry, and talking to them about topics that really interest them. So for the first man Forrest found at home, he started talking about the difficult time fathers are having providing for their families. The man said, "Yes, I am home today because my 21 year old son just died, and he worked with me. I need to find someone new now." Woah! Sharp turn of conversation. So from there Forrest asked him if he'd ever seen the hope for the dead in the Bible, and the man said no but he'd like to. So Forrest showed him a couple scriptures from the Bible, and opened up to the picture of the resurrection in the Teach book and that touched the man so much! He reached out and took the book from Forrest so he could look up close, and his eyes got watery, and he started asking about different aspects of the picture, "So this person would have been dead, and they're resurrected and this is their family?"

The same morning Forrest found another man, they had a good conversation about the economy, then he brought it around from the hope to the need to take in knowledge, and showed him the Teach book. Right away the man wanted to see the answer to the question, "Why does God permit suffering?" because he always thought, "That's just life. We suffer." At each point of why we suffer the man was so amazed, he'd say, "Fijese," or basically, "Wow look at that." He got each point well in mind, and reiterated that he had no idea that there were causes of human suffering. Then this is the part that really got me. At the end he said, "So I see why we suffer, but my question is, is there any solution to end it?" I was with Forrest at the door and I had to turn away so I could just smile, thinking, "Does anybody really ask questions like that?"

They've both agreed to study, hopefully they won't be impossible to find home again.