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KendraDZ1902
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I am staying with my aunt and uncle right now. Hubby is deployed again and with me battling mental illness he and the rest of the family decided that I shouldn’t be alone. My aunt and uncle have 2 little boys. One being 4 years old. They are a strict Southern Baptist family, they don’t bother me about me being Catholic. They have actually have learned that they lean, on some subjects, more Catholic thinking than Baptist. It has been a learning experience me being here. The adults aren’t the ones who I think may be converting…My 4 year old cousin is. 
I am open about my faith and he is a very interested little boy. Just the other week we were at the grocery store, going down the candle aisle. He sees a “Jesus candle” that he just HAD to have. My aunt didn’t know why Jesus was on said candle and didn’t know the prayer on it. I let her know that I knew the prayer and the photo. It was the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since I approved of the candle, he was allowed to get it. lol.
Last night, I was praying the Rosary when I heard my bedroom door open. I told him that I was praying and to get back in bed. Well, not two minutes later I hear him again at my door and he had this mesmerizing look on him face. He asked if he could pray with me. I told him to come on in. He had a few questions for me. He asked if I prayed “every single night.” I told him that I did. He asked me what I was holding and I told him. He asked me if I wore it as a necklace because it was very pretty. lol.
He sat and watched me pray about a decade. He said, “I’m coming back, I’m going to tell mom I’m sleeping with you tonight.”
He never came back. His mom told him to stop bothering me when I pray and to go back to bed. I talked to her about it this morning because I didn’t want her upset that her child was doing something out of her comfort zone. She isn’t upset.
Anyway, I had to share about the little boy who is so amazed and open to the Catholic faith.
I am open about my faith and he is a very interested little boy. Just the other week we were at the grocery store, going down the candle aisle. He sees a “Jesus candle” that he just HAD to have. My aunt didn’t know why Jesus was on said candle and didn’t know the prayer on it. I let her know that I knew the prayer and the photo. It was the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since I approved of the candle, he was allowed to get it. lol.
Last night, I was praying the Rosary when I heard my bedroom door open. I told him that I was praying and to get back in bed. Well, not two minutes later I hear him again at my door and he had this mesmerizing look on him face. He asked if he could pray with me. I told him to come on in. He had a few questions for me. He asked if I prayed “every single night.” I told him that I did. He asked me what I was holding and I told him. He asked me if I wore it as a necklace because it was very pretty. lol.
He sat and watched me pray about a decade. He said, “I’m coming back, I’m going to tell mom I’m sleeping with you tonight.”
He never came back. His mom told him to stop bothering me when I pray and to go back to bed. I talked to her about it this morning because I didn’t want her upset that her child was doing something out of her comfort zone. She isn’t upset.
Anyway, I had to share about the little boy who is so amazed and open to the Catholic faith.
I think she is showing a great deal of respect for her family’s beliefs. And they are respecting hers in turn. You can’t put the Holy Spirit in a cage, no matter how uncomfortable it may seem to you.