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"Well," he said and stopped. For awhile he could not say anything. He was nonplused. Presently he asked, "Why do you want a French cookbook?" "I have a tutor back home teaching me French," I explained, "and she wants a French cookbook. As I passed here, I saw written out in French that this was a French convent, so I thought maybe someone here could help me." He said, "Who are you?" I told him my name. "And what are you doing in this area?" "I'm speaking in one of the little Brethren in Christ churches near here." Then I told him I was Jewish, that I believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and, forgetting that he was a Catholic priest, I told him how I was born again, what Jesus had done for me, how He had saved me from my sins, and how wonderful it was to know God in all His reality. He was speechless. Finally he came to himself and said, "I'm sorry that I cannot help you." me." "O," I said, "I believe you can help me. You know there's one verse I wish you would teach "Well, what is it?" "I would like for you to teach me the verse in the letter of John which says, 'If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.' Would you please teach me that in French?" "O I would be glad to." So, very laboriously, he began quoting that verse word by word to me. Over and over he repeated it. Over and over I repeated it after him. He was not satisfied until I had all the accents and inflections just right. I suppose we went over it fifteen or twenty times -- "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." All of a sudden he exclaimed in French, "Good! Good!" sins!" I raised my hand and said, "Well, praise the Lord! Thank the Lord! He has forgiven all my He said, "Mine too! I didn't know that was in the Bible." After a pause he continued, "I'll tell you where you might find a French cookbook."
"Next door there is a convent where the sisters live," he said. "They're all French, but there's one of them who speaks English. You go over there. I'll call over and tell them that you're coming. Maybe they can tell you where you can find a French cookbook." I got in the car and drove just a short distance to the place where the French nuns lived and knocked at the front door. A sweet-looking young nun had seen me and she came running from the back. "Yes, can I help you?" she greeted me. "Well, Father said that maybe you could tell me where I could find a French cookbook." "Yes, yes," she said, "come in, come in." She took me into the convent. I had never been in one before. She took me to the kitchen. One of the sisters began to fix tea. Another had already brought out a plate of cookies. The one who spoke English said, "Sit down, sit down." So I sat down. They wanted to know all about who I was. They wanted me to repeat everything I had told the priest. Well, praise the Lord! It was a wonderful experience. They were so hungry to listen. When I got ready to leave, one of the sisters said, "Here is a little statue. We wonder if you would put it on your dashboard? It will protect you." (It was the figure of St. Christopher who is supposed to protect one on the highway.) I said, "Thank you, and here is something for you -- a little book I have written called, 'Hallelujah, I have found Him.' [I happened to have one with me printed in French.] Would you like to have this to give to the sisters? And here's one for you in English. I also have a little New Testament. Would you like to have it?" They eagerly took everything I offered. It was a good exchange. I'll always believe they got the best of the bargain. No, I did not use the little statue. Thank God, I do not need to resort to such things to protect me on the highway. I'm under the protection of the precious blood of Jesus Christ. He watches over me wherever I go. I went further into town. This was during the Jewish high, holy days -- Rosh Hashanah, their New Year. When I saw a synagogue I went in and found a back seat. Services were going on and the rabbi was preaching in Hungarian. Here I was -- a Hungarian Jew -- in a Hungarian Jewish congregation. O I felt so good! I understood everything he said. Had he preached in Hebrew, I would not have understood him. Or if he had preached in Russian or Polish or some other language in which he had been reared, I would not have understood him. Among the Jews it is traditional that any stranger who enters the synagogue is graciously invited to the homes and entertained for the day. It is one of the strictest mores of their culture that they do this. Thus, after the meeting, the rabbi and his wife, knowing I was a stranger and a Hungarian Jewess, asked if I would not go home with them, have dinner, and spend the day.
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