A Night at the Laundromate

Usually I have my iPod on while I do my laundry. Tonight I went down without it and began throwing clothes in the machine. In walked a guy who began his clothes across from me. I asked him how long he had lived in the complex and we began chatting. Not long into the conversation I learned he was a high school religion teacher. He began telling me of a book he's reading that connects the Jesus of the Old Testament to that of the New Testament. I asked him if he ever read The Book of Mormon, to which he replied he had not. Then I cast out the invitation: "I have an extra copy, can I give you one?" He accepted, with not a trace of resistance. I told him briefly of its content and said I would drop it off at his door in the morning. I had prayed for a missionary experience and would have missed it with my iPod. I guess tonight reminds me you actually have to get your hands dirty in the soil to plant seeds.