I was very touched by this video. It proved to me yet again the power of PRAYER!! Heavenly Father loves us. All we have to do is stop and prayer. He is just waiting to communicate with us. But first we must ask!
In a new Flemish TV show entitled Ja Jan, a TV host commits to say "yes" to every question asked of him for 60 days.
Including when he ran into two
Mormon missionaries.
Episode 4 of the show, which aired on January 26th, follows
Jan as he flips a coin leaving his house to determine the direction he'll walk
that day. As luck would have it, he drops the coin, which then rolls to a stop
on tails--directing him to walk forward instead of to the right.
As he walks, who
should he find but a pair of American missionaries in a nearby square? Noticing
that they speak English, he decides to cross over to them and asks, "You
come from America? Why are you here?"
Elder Argueta, the missionary he
picks out of the crowd, answers, "Yeah. I'm here to share the gospel with
people, share a little bit about Jesus Christ, and also serve people."
Jan explains that he's making a new
TV program where he says "Yes" to everything--and Elder Argueta
doesn't let that opportunity slip by. He asks Jan if he can come and share a
message with him at a later time. Of course, Jan says "yes."
A week later, Jan meets up with the
missionaries again, this time to discuss a more in-depth message.
At a nearby cafe, the missionaries
share a message about Jesus Christ, how His gospel was lost, that it is now
restored, and today there is a living prophet on the earth. Overwhelmed by this
information, Jan admits, "I have so many questions for you. Wow."
Elder Argueta invites, "To
really understand us, perhaps you can come along with us? Would you like
that?"
As you can predict, Jan's answer is
"yes."
After picking up a white shirt and
tie for their "missionary-in-training," the trio sets out to hand out
pass-along cards. They encounter some adversity with locals laughing at their
message or refusing to talk, but the missionaries stay cheerful through it all.
As they work, Jan asks them questions about the Church, its standards, and its
teachings.
Near the end of their time together,
Jan voices, "Can I ask you something that's especially personal to
me?" He proceeds to explain that his father died young, a few years prior,
from cancer. A little choked up, Jan wonders aloud, "If there's
anyone up there, why? Why him?"
The elders respond, explaining,
"Eventually, you will see your father again."
Hopeful, Jan asks how he can know,
and the elders offer to pray with him for a confirmation.
After a few minutes of silent
prayer, a misty-eyed Jan says, "It feels good to stand still for a moment.
To take a moment and to hope. To hope and believe. To deeply believe that there
really is something more. I want to believe it so badly. Do you understand? I
want to believe."
Reflecting on his experience, Jan
says, "Saying 'yes' to the Mormons, did I gain anything from it? I think
so." He goes on to share, "I have realized that I have never taken
the time to grieve the death of my father, and thanks to them, together with
them, I was able to say good-bye to my dad. And I'm so grateful for that."
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