So, now I answer the door. Most times.
This week a 4'10" girl named Lauren with fire engine red hair and a thick southern accent (although she hailed from NYC) came trying to get me to buy her cleaning products. I told her politely I couldn't/wouldn't. She of course tried to talk me into it :) Gotta give her credit for trying :) Then she pulled out the big guns and told me that some lady up the street had told her to read 3 Nephi where Christ comes to the Americas. I had to surpress a laugh if I'm honest, because 6 months before, a kid selling the same product told me the same thing about 3 Nephi! Either they keep visiting the same lady up my street, or this was chapter 2 in "Selling to Mormons" in their sales curriculum :) Anyways, my kids thought she was adorable, especially Liah. Liah said later that evening that she could be an actor, I quite agreed!
Anyways, after we finished, she was getting ready to leave but I told her if it began to rain, she and her friend could come back and wait out of the rain until their ride came. She left, and I really thought that was that.
About 30 minutes later, she (Lauren) and another friend (Tiffany) showed up. They started talking small talk, mostly about Bountiful and how everyone here already has the product so it's a slow area, and about our temple pictures in our front room. Tiffany asked me about the pic of our family in front of the temple. Tiffany asked if it was in Paris or something. I told her, "Nope! That is sacred building for us." She then switched gears and tried selling again, but I just told her there was no way, but I appreciated her wanting to share something so great with me. There was a lull, so I thought we were pretty much done, and then she said, "So I believe that Jesus died on the cross and saves and all that, how are you folks different?"
{Returned missionaries, I probably totally did this wrong so no judging :)}
"Well," I told her, "it basically comes down to two things. The Savior Jesus Christ died for us, to pay the price for our mistakes, for our heartache, and for any pain we have to suffer so that we could live with Him again. The second part is family. We believe that families are meant to be together forever. The Savior's sacrifice enabled that, and by marrying in these beautiful buildings, our families are sealed together forever. Everything we do, everything we teach, it's all about following the Savior, and strengthening families."
It was strange, because after that, she stopped talking so fast, she just kind of looked around for a minute, and sat, and then, she thanked me, and her and Lauren both left.
I strongly doubt there is anything I told her she hadn't either heard before or didn't already know, but I could see it in her face that she felt something. I love knowing that Tiffany and Lauren felt something.
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