Buscando Vida La batalla que no estamos ganando

In each house the resident opened the door and accepted or brochure offering. Upon returning to the sidewalk, I asked the youngest, "Jehovah's Witnesses"? "Yes," he replied. Then I asked if the visits resulted in new members to his church, and he said yes. But I hinted that this was not the main result, but the knowledge that she was doing what God wanted from her.

"The only way we can save the world is putting God in charge of our lives," he said.

I admitted that we humans have not played well in handling things and said goodbye, but not until she put her pamphlet in my hand, an invitation to a short lecture on the importance of Christ's death.

Another recent Saturday, I met a representative of a Baptist church. With his son at his side, also left a flyer in each house. I urged that establish a personal relationship with God. I assured him that I was trying to do.

We are losing the competition on the streets. Not that we are less agile; is that we are totally absent. Home visits are not what we do well. Undoubtedly, it is very difficult as anyone who has ever tried to sell something from house to house task.

At the peak of its history during the 20th century, religious Victory Noll always made home visits. The Missionary Catechist, the newsletter of the congregation, reported home visits. The story of a day counts "we closed the door in my face 17 times," but other doors opened.

Were families who had left the Church and wanted to reconcile. Were children who needed instruction to make your first communion. Patients were also in need of medical care or the desire to receive the sacraments.

When they visited in villages or cities, would farmworker camps. Sometimes enjoying funny moments. In a hut, Sister Agnes wrote Rauschenbach, they found a child seriously ill with typhoid fever. While the attending physician who called the local priest inquired about the names of the large family.

"The name of the first child was Adam," Sister told Rauschenbach. "The priest then asked, 'Where is Eva?' One of the girls said, 'I am Eva'. Another child named Cain. The priest then asked, 'Where is Abel'? Eva said, 'Here it is'.

The priest could not resist saying, 'I bet that Moses is here too. " The older sister then called Moses, the younger brother of all. '"

Speaking of all this, the gospel of the Samaritan woman who, after his encounter with Jesus, walked to the village to tell everyone: "Come meet someone who told me all the events of my life ... many of the Samaritans believed in the word of the woman who testified, "(Jn 4:29, 39).