Monday, Dec. 8, 2008

I admit that even if she comes, this doesn't count for me as an invite, as all I did was encourage someone else to invite someone to attend the Christmas sacrament program.  But I did receive an inspiration on this and acted on it, so it counts for something.

We talked in Ward Council about Donald who was our landlady's son.  Well, she (Catherine) came to church a time or two, including Donald's baptism.  

We haven't seen her in 2 or 3 years, but she is still Dustin Jones' landlady as they live in that same house now.  I decided to play the "Bishop card" and have asked Dustin to invite Catherine to come to church on Dec. 21 by saying "You'll never believe....you remember that Mark Newman guy?  He's now the bishop of our congregation!  Come see him flop while conducting the Christmas service!"

He's also going to play the "since Mark is sitting on the stand, his wife needs someone to help wrangle the kids during the meeting....could you come and help out?"

I know....kind of lame to use those "excuses", but it's a start.  Dustin agreed to extend the invite, especially since she still talks about the missionaries who used to come around.

But I need to find a person to actually invite...I'm not off the hook.

Mark