Torch Light Testimony #6

From Anonymous:

While traveling on a recent business trip I took my seat on the plane and was deep in thought of the upcoming meeting the next day and up walked two young men with suits and ties and a familiar nametag from the Mormon Church. They sat down beside me and we exchanged casual hellos. I asked them if they were on their two year mission and they gave me some brief explanation about their upcoming work. In the midst of the small talk, my cell phone rang – (yes the plane door was still open), and when I answered on the other line was my father. He had just completed some follow up test and told me his cancer had returned. With only a couple of minutes to talk, many things ran through my mind. It is difficult to receive such news in such a public place.

At that point, when I hung up the phone, the young men began talking to me and were inquisitive about my faith. This took my focus off of the terrible news and right on to something of greater significance. It was an opportunity to share my experiences with Jesus. We talked through the entire ninety minutes, not about what our church did verses theirs, but about how Jesus impacts our lives and the importance of the Holy Spirit working through us. How Jesus message is so significant to the lost world. Toward the end, I shared with them what we were doing with the torch lights in the city. I spoke to them about how we were asking people if they had something that we could pray about for them, and shared some of my personal experiences as well as others at Meadowbrook. This intrigued the young men and they both stated, I think we can use this too.

Two questions were asked at the end of the flight, I asked the young men for us to consider why God saw fit for us to sit by each other today and they asked me a more powerful question, if there was something they could pray about for me today. I briefly told them about my phone call and told them about my father. At the same time I reaffirmed my faith that God is in control. So after a day of reflection my thoughts are this, God has us together on that day to encourage each other. They left encouraged to spur on towards sharing Jesus in their two year mission, from their comments I believe after our conversation they saw their mission not to make others Mormons, but to share Jesus with others. For me, I was encouraged and reminded of God’s care for me when two strangers asked a simple question, Is there anything today we could pray for you about?