SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS

This is Builder Bob in 1975. He's out in the mission field. He served in the Washington DC Mission. This area covered Maryland, Washington DC, West Virginia and Virginia.
He had a wonderful mission! He had some successes and developed friendships that lasted for many years.
He enjoyed the region. He liked the people and was amused by the many diverse accents of the people in all the different places he served.The people of Baltimore, Arlington, and DC all have their own distinct twang.
He's tall and handsome, well groomed, and well mannered. You can bet he had a sparkle in his eye even then. He found great joy in his service. He wouldn't remember any negative things that a mission inevebility has, but recalls the pleasures easily. I'd wager that most of the time he had a spring in his step. He was on his Saviors' errand.

Now slip sideways with me for a moment.
This is me in the mid-70's. Same time-same place!

Im in the throws of the worst time in teenagehood.
(Would many of us go back to the years when we were 14-15? Not in a MILLION years!!)
It's not necessary for me to point out the long stringy hair, the ugly barrett,and crooked teeth. These foibles are painfully obvious. I was heartbreakingly skinny, tall and flat-chested. You also can see it to believe it-- I'm actually wearing a mini-skirt, to further highlight my scrawny legs. And yes, I'll admit that on occasion, I wore black patent leather boots. bleak, bleak, bleak.
You get the picture.

Now envision this--
Elder Bob is out on the streets of Silver Spring, Maryland. Knocking on doors.
"Hello, my name is Elder Bob and this is my companion, Elder MaCaky. Could we take a moment of your time to share with you a message about our Savior, Jesus Christ?"

What happened next most assuredly varied.
Thus the tenacity to keep on tracking.

Now, how about this possibility?

Elder Bob, approaches our home!
He wouldn't have had any success at our place. "No thank you" or "We just aren't interested" would have been what they heard at our screen door.
But he could have seen THIS!!!!

If I had had a flashing neon sign blinking above my head at the time and it said-
LOOK, LOOK, THIS IS YOUR FUTURE WIFE!
YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY HER IN THE TEMPLE!
SHE'LL CLEAN UP WELL- I PROMISE!

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Would Elder Bob "believe?" What would he have thought or done?
Would it have been just cause to drop his Book of Mormon in the dirt and turn and walk-no...run away, never believing in personal revelation again!!?? Wouldn"t this behavior be justified if you saw this? What would you have done?
Interesting.......dont ya think??
Isn't it a miracle and a blessing what 4 years can do for an adolescent girl?
I think I did clean up rather well-Both physically and spiritually.