Afflictions in Walmart
Hello! Sometimes the hardest experiences happen in the unlikeliest of places! For me, one of the hardest days of my life happened as a new missionary in a Walmart checkout aisle: Afflictions in Walmart I was a brand new missionary, serving in the city of Faribault, Minnesota. My companion was an experienced missionary, a true country boy, who carried one pocket knife in his right pocket and another that slid into his left sock! Faribault is beautiful!! It was Monday, our preparation day (meaning when we get our laundry and shopping done), and we were waiting in line in the checkout aisle of Walmart. As we were waiting, a gentleman walked up and introduced himself. He was an older gentleman, wore a cap that said 'Vietnam Veteran' on it, and he seemed nice. He started chatting us up about our groceries and stuff. "Wow" I thought to myself, "What a cool guy, maybe he would be interested in our message!!". So I pointed to my name tag a