A retreat in my own backyard!

The Legacy Institute is doing its 1st ever Safina Retreat. 

I had no idea that this had started.  Sh. Tewfik is a very nice brother with a very nice family, masha'allah.  He has, unfortunately, received a very poor audience here in Indianapolis at the masjid in town.  So he moved up north of town, it seems.  Insha'allah, I will be able to do something with these folk soon. 

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Grocery store evangelizm

Darn it, UmmZee!  You had to go talking about it and it happened to me over the weekend.

I was going into the grocery store on Sunday (figures) with son in tow to get some rootbeer for floats.  Son strayed to the verboten candy machines while I tried to get a cart.  Out from the registers door (both in and out doors open in the cart area which is inside) comes a woman with kiddos and one of those bohemoth kid carts in the vague shape of a race car that is about 1000 times harder to steer than a race car.  I look at her and then at son … I am really trying to avoid a scene with him wanting the cart.  I croos over to grab her and the woman is just staring at me… I initially thought it was because she was going to try to offer us the humongo cart…  But, it was "That Moment" for her, where to stomach went loopty loops and she thought in her head, "Its one of them.  I should tell her about Jesus.  Oh, God, I'm so nervous, Jesus help me! I won't betray you like Peter!" 

As I sweep by her to stick son in the card she looks me dead and in the face and says, "You know, Jesus loves you!"  At which, I have the biggest, stupidest looking grin on my face (I can feel it – I can barely keep from laughing out loud) and replied back, "Yes, he does!  Thanks for reminding me!"

I don't think she expected that response because she sort stood there dumbfounded for a moment and then moved on.  All I could think about was UmmZee totally making this happen by talking about it last week.

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