I think it is important to record your faith journey for your children, grandchildren, and future descendants. Here is my story.
My maternal grandmother, born in 1892, did not grow up going to church on a regular basis. She married at age nineteen and moved to a different town. When her two children were very young, a woman preacher was going from door to door inviting people to church.
She stopped at my grandmother's house and chatted with her for awhile, telling her about the church and asking her to come. My grandmother was not interested. In fact, she was annoyed at this woman. The lady pastor left saying, "I'll be back." And my grandmother answered, "I won't answer the door!"
Well, she did come back and her persistence paid off. My grandmother decided to visit the church to get rid of her.
After one visit, Grandma was interested. She went back again and again and took her husband and children. She gave her life to Christ, and that was the beginning of a lifetime of serving God and teaching Sunday school. She avidly read all of the Christian material she could get her hands on and became a Bible scholar.
The result of the "annoying" preacher's visit was the beginning of four generations of Christians. I thank God that she didn't give up when Grandma told her not to come back!
