"Weekly Planning" occurs every week (who would've thought by the name), for us usually on Thursday, and it takes a long time to complete. One Thursday morning, in the middle of weekly planning, we got a call from an unknown number:
Me: "Hello, this is Elder Aillery."
Unknown caller: "Hello, my friend met two members of your church last night around 7 pm and received a Book of Mormon. He let me borrow it, but I'm interested and want my own. Can we meet right now?"
Me: ...... "Uh... uh..." Send it. "Okay, we'll be downtown in 15 minutes!"
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The unknown caller's name was Juraj, and he's a historian. He basically told us, "I know very little about your church. Tell me something." So we gave him the restoration lesson. Classic. He's a strong Catholic, but was not offended by our message. He was sincerely trying to understand what we were saying. He wishes everyone would be united in one church.
As you see, there's a lot of potential here, but he expressed that he's not looking to join a new church. But he also said that he won't rule anything out. We respect his view, and we explained that we're not trying to force him into anything. He has his reading assignment (The Book of Mormon) and he understands what he has to do to find out if these things are true.
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