First Conversation (3 mins.): Use the conversation ideas. Then offer the person a magazine that talks about a topic she has mentioned (th lec. 12).
PUBLISHER: Oh well, they are very well priced! The other day I saw on television that these foods are very good to take once a day to avoid diseases... it strengthens the immune system and now with all these new diseases it comes in handy...
HOUSEHOLDER: Yes, it is a very good food with many natural properties... My name is Alberto, what is your name?
PUBLISHER: My name is Felipe, we have crossed paths on occasion... you're from the neighborhood too, right?
HOUSEHOLDER: Yes, I live around here, a few blocks away...
PUBLISHER: Ah great, well then we are very close.
HOUSEHOLDER: Felipe, what you were saying before about illnesses and everything that we are going through… like with the war in Ukraine, why do you think there are so many illnesses and so much suffering? Is it a punishment from God?
PUBLISHER: I don't think God will punish us, I think we have brought it on ourselves...
HOUSEHOLDER: Good to know that you think like that...
PUBLISHER: I believe that, if there is something there, and God exists... it will not be his fault, many things are our fault...
HOUSEHOLDER: And you are quite right, there are many conflicts that people have provoked because of their jealousy, hatred, etc... I would like to show you a text from the Bible, it is James 1:13... look what it says here: «Let no one Say during a trial, "God is testing me." Because, with bad things, no one can test God and he does not test anyone.
PUBLISHER: Sure, it's just that from what I know, I've been taught and I think… God has to be good.
HOUSEHOLDER: And so it is. But then, many people might ask… Why do we suffer? Or if God is so good why does he not do anything to end this suffering?
PUBLISHER: They are interesting questions yes, and surely we can talk about them, it would be a good debate.
HOUSEHOLDER: Yes, it would be. So what do you think, since we live so close, we can talk about these questions maybe next week for a little bit.
PUBLISHER: Oh okay, very well… look, I'll leave you my number and you let me know.
HOUSEHOLDER: Great, now I write it down. Look Felipe, before you commented on the properties of this food… I would like to leave you this magazine, it is the Awake! Number 1 of 2022 with the title How to cope with a world in crisis. It is closely related to the current situation in which we live and precisely one of the topics it talks about is Take care of your health... and the importance of our diet is fundamental...
PUBLISHER: Wow, look how interesting… just what we were talking about before.
HOUSEHOLDER: Look at this text that is quoted here from Ephesians 5:29 that says that people love their body, they feed it and take care of it with affection… and in this photo that appears here is what we are going to buy. I'd like to leave it with you and have you take a look at it... I'll call you the next day and tell me what you thought.
PUBLISHER: Thank you very much Alberto, very interesting, I liked talking to you... we'll talk next week and I'll tell you what I thought of the magazine.
HOUSEHOLDER: Perfect, Felipe. Talk later.
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