I had to think about this. My niece and her husband in Scotland. It started in 1998. My niece was age 19, traveling from Texas in her family van. The van broke down in our area of AZ. Now, I had not seen my niece at all. My husband and I were an Air Force family from Indiana. We were stationed here in AZ in 1983. So, my niece was scared and she phoned her mother. Mother said, go to your Uncle and Aunts home. He is an airplane mechanic.
Well, we were phoned, and a surprise it was, and niece came to our home. Uncle took care of the situation. Then mother flew to our home. Then we went out to eat traveled for a day. Then Saturday came and I announced, about going to Mass on Sunday etc. Well, mother of the niece gets on the phone immediately and phones for the 1st flight out. Niece stayed with us. I fixed her up with a dress. After Mass, I took her to the religious store and bought a St. Christopher medal for her journey back home. we went to order subs. I told my niece (my brothers daughter) to order herself a footlong. Half for now and the other half for the trip back to Texas.
Never heard from her til she was in Scotland, age 20 or 21. A letter from her told us she was with a gentleman oh, I wrote back, Married? So, one thing led to another with baby steps to a family of 6 daughters after 20 years, they are now all baptized and with Confirmation just this last year. What we did to encourage was to mail religious books and goodies. They went to New Order, then to Traditional. We visited them in 2019, just before the Covid. We encouraged home schooling and bought books at thrift stores before we came back to AZ. We mailed holy water, veils, skirts, cloth material and simplicity patterns to sew and they were in their glory.
It seems like every move we did it was just in the nic of time! They pray for both their parents who want nothing to do with God. When the parents visit, my niece is told no talk of God. so sad. I would say that is a conversion story, made short.
Topic: Conversion stories (Read 216 times)