"A couple of weeks ago a family, the Mercados, took us to The Outback Steakhouse for dinner. The manager recognized us as elders and came over to visit. It turned out that she was a member living in another ward, out here in Long Island. She's been inactive for some years. Her boyfriend is a Marine. We couldn't convince her to give us her number(she and her boyfriend are originally from Texas and she knew we would never let her disappear if we had someway to contact her!) Well anyway, we figured that was the end of that. She did give us free desert afterwards! Elder Oliverson and I were blessing the Sacrament this past sunday at fast and testimony meeting. Out of nowhere, a Marine and a woman walk into church and made their way to some seats in the back. Oliverson and I looked at each other with our mouths open in surprise and excitement. It was the woman from Outback and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend bore his testimony and thanked us and the Mercados for befriending his girlfriend. They seemed to be in a bit of a hurry to get out of there, so we only got to say hi. It was awsome to see that! It's those little things that make everything worth it out here. We haven't been able to get any baptisms, but we were still able to help someone feel good."
-Elder Maughan
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