As you remember, many of you gave above and beyond your regular tithes and offerings at our One Day Offering during the last weekend in our old auditorium. The purpose of that offering was to gather resources that would bless the people of Kootenai County through the hands of attendees and members of Lake City Community Church. Well... we certainly put the resources back into your hands, didn't we?
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A Lake City Blog to tell us how you used your resources -- time, talents and funds -- to be a blessing to people in Kootenai County. Be sure to talk about your particular project, the people you partnered with, the dollar amount spent on the project, the amount of time spent, the blessing you received and how you were able to bless others. Thanks for being a part of this!
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I saw young parents with 3 small children in the Post Falls Super 1 parking lot. The father was limping badly, and the wife was managing everything (cart, kids, husband, the car). I learned that he had recent major surgery to his knee, was recovering and currently unable to work. I rounded the $20 to $25 and gave it to them with the invite to the upcoming church celebration. I also shared what we're doing with these $20's in the neighborhood, and also told them about out wonderful programs for their young children. They were very appreciative and pleasantly surprised by the whole episode.
WAY TO GO!! The blessing begins!!
You're paying people to come to your church? Pastors in superhero outfits? Sheesh. It's come to this, has it?
We pooled our $20.00's and then we added $100.00 to it and went to our local electric company. We told them about LCCC and what we were doing. We asked if they could recommend an eldery person or couple who was struggling to pay their utility bill. They could and did and our donation will now help this family to stay warm this winter while easing their burden a bit. What a joy to help with God's work. I will pass out the invitations at a date closer to the Grand Opening Celebration. God bless our project!
I am THRILLED to share our story. My husband and I combined our money and took it to the local St. Vincent de Paul. There we were able to purchase 20 coats, yes 20 (they were having a sale). Then my kids and I took them to a Coats for Kids drop off location where they will be distributed to kids in need. While purchasing the coats, I invited all the ladies at the checkout counter to come for our Grand Opening and Celebration. I will probably stop back in when it gets closer to the date and pass out the "touch cards" as a reminder of our invitation. I can not tell you how wonderful it feels to be able to give back to the community and know that 20 kids will be cozier this winter because of our church family and God's grace. Thanks be to God, to our church family and to Lake City's leadership!!! And yes, they ALL are SUPERHEROS and super extraordinary people. God Bless :)
We (my daughter and two of her friends that attend LCCC with us) took that twenty dollars that I got from the basket and we purchased groceries for the homeless. We were not sure who we were going to give it to, then at the entrance of the Wal Mart in Spokane Valley off of Broadway, there was a pregnant lady standing with a sign saying "Anything will help, just hungry". We were so excited to find someone that could really use the groceries that we bought. I had my girls get out of the car and give her the 4 bags of groceries that we purchased. We purchased items like Peanut Butter and Jelly, bread, hot dog buns and hot dogs, snacks that were non perishable, and paper plates and utencils. She was so excited all she could say was "wow, wow!!" I felt uncomfortable to record this on video. Just didnt seem like the right thing to do. I am just really thankful that we were able to give back like we did. Thank you Pastor Mike for doing such a great thing for the community.
My husband and I each received $20 last Sunday, and spent the week thinking and praying about how to invest this in our community. We currently have 6 fruit trees of various types and have been picking fruit for the past 2 weeks as it became ripe. We decided to give our excess fruit + the $40 to the LCCC food bank in hopes that it will help the community with fresh food needs. We plan to give more fruit as it becomes ripe this season. God bless the efforts of LCCC in this giving time!
I had no idea what I was going to do with the $20 I took from the plate last week. My husband suggested several wonderful causes, none of which stirred me much. At work on Wednesday I received a phone call from a concerned community member seeking my help. She tells me she has a special needs 5th grader who lives with dad and three older brothers. She went on to explain that the young lady has worn the same baggy sweatshirt to school every single day for the last two years, in part to hide her maturing body. Dad is struggling financially to put food on the table, so much so that buying his young daughter a bra has not even registered on his radar. I instantly knew that I wanted to help this family. I told her that I would pitch $20 in for new clothes. She was also hoping to get this young lady a haircut. I made a phone call to a fellow LCCC Christ follower who agreed to donate the cut. When we arrived at the salon the ladies at the salon expressed such an inspiring desire to help to provide this young lady with the new clothes that she needed. One had even brought in a gently used, but very fashionable winter coat that fit her like a glove. I shared the story with a co-worker who offered to purchase a new pair of shoes.
Thanks to the ladies at the salon, my generous co-worker, the community member that was moved to call me for help with this project, and most importantly to God for using this to teach me how much difference one small act of love can make when we work together in His amazing name.
My wife and I were in Spokane on the off ramp and saw a clean shaven man on crutches with a sign that said, "Please Help Me." We pulled over and my wife rolled down the window and told the man about how our church had given us money to bless others in the community. This man, Dan, began to cry. He had been in an automobile accident and had been through 5 foot surgeries and was waiting for one more so that he could return to Florida as a boat captain. Dan told us he had been to the Dream Center in Spokane earlier that day and was prayed for by a woman named Maude, this was his deceased mother's name. Hhe told Maude that he thought it was wierd, she smiled and said it was not wierd at all. He was so grateful for the money, he couldn't stop thanking us. We were thrilled to be able to bless Dan that day. God Bless Lake City for giving us this opportunity.
oh? we were supposed to post it as comment here? hah well I wrote a blog about it...oops. It's long but here is the link and I hope you enjoy it!
http://albheroaction.blogspot.com/
seriously, it's pretty long compared to these short comments, but I'm sure it's worth the read.
I heard about the Zitney family, and my heart went out to them immediately. My husband and I have three small children, and were able to relate with them. I heard they were having a BBQ and wanted to donated my money to them to help them with there medical costs. I gave them the open house card, just hoping that it would stay paper clipped together, so they could see that this money was from our church, and it was our way of showing them how much we care. We all go through dfficult times in our lives, there's just happens to be harder than most. I pray that this money, though a small amount, will impact them and give them a glimmer of hope during these dark times, showing them that God is with them and there family through every step of this journey. We are truly blessed to be a part of the LCCC family.
My aunt, cousin, husband, and I were all in church together the night we recieved the twenty dollar bills so we decided to pool our money together and help. We know of a young lady with three young children that is struggling to get by. So we decided she was going to be the recipient of our money. She has been through trial after trial in her life with noone to financially help her out. She had a yard sale last month to help her pay rent because she doesn't want to raise her children in a small apartment that the State of Idaho would provide for them. She is out there every week firing up the old lawn mower she has struggling to get it running to make sure her yard looks nice. So we thought about different things we could buy for her but decided to give her the money instead. By this time my mom and other aunt decided they wanted to donate also. So we ended up with over $100 in cash and a basket full of fun magazines, cookies, candles, and other goodies. We delivered the basket to her Sunday evening. She said noone has ever done anything this nice before and that her son's birthday was coming up. We told her that God and lots of people love her and to hang in there. I remember being a single mother years ago and how difficult it was. But it was so much easier knowing that God was always by my side to get me through the storms. So it is our hope that she will cross that line of faith and know He is always there.
The week before I received the $20 from LCCC I saw an picture of a single mother with three young sons and the youngest has cancer. As a single mom with kids that have had difficulties, I really felt for her. I wanted to give but didn't know where I could find the extra money. Then the next Sunday I got that $20. I told a friend about it and he matched it. Then I made an extra sale at work and matched it myself.
Several days before we received the $20 bills from the church I felt a prompting to help a young couple. The man is a co-worker who recently moved here. The first week he was in Cd'A, he totaled his truck. I could tell they were struggling by come comments he made and only bringing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for his dinner. Then he informed me they were "surprised" to find out they have a baby on the way. Not the timing they thought. I was unsure how I wanted to help, but when I received the money from church...I decided to add to it and purchased a $100 gift card to Wal-Mart, figuring food, gas, or even baby items could be purchased there. God also arranged a perfect meeting place as I didn't know if he would feel embarassed. I told him about the church and its reverse offering to help our community and that I had thought of him. He said they really are stuggling and was so thankful and hugged me. I stapled the gift card to the open house card and said they were invited if interested. He walked away with a big smile on his face and shaking his head in disbelief. Thank you Lord for letting me have a small part in helping this young couple.
We too saw the article about Nathan Couch, the 3 year old with cancer, who has a single mother and two other brothers. Our family decided we wanted to help him, but knowing how big our God is we prayed over our $40 and asked him to bless it ten fold. Then four of our children and I went around to some of our Best Hills Meadows neighbors and explained what the church had done and invited them to help us help Nathan. Thank you to our wonderful neighbors and PRAISE GOD we are up to $242 so far. We will visit the rest of our neighbors this weekend. My children are so excited to be used by God to help another child. They even decided, on their own, to gather some of their toys to make a care package for Nathan. We are tremendously grateful for this opportunity to bless others, thank you LCCC.
We used our $40 to purchase 44 pounds of pasta for a spaghetti feed and silent auction. This is for a family of a three year old, Nathon Couch, who is battling a rare childhood cancer called neuroblastoma. His fight to beat this disease is an 8-12 mos process which includes chemotherapy and a double stem cell transplant. The single mother has had a car repossessed, home foreclosed and was forced to separate her three children for a few months. They are all now living together with a family who was good enough to take them in. They have no means of support. We are so grateful to LCCC for this opportunity to help them!
ace blazer - God's personal secret agent -- Be sure to go to this person's blog. The link is below. If you are feeling with what can I do with $20 when the need is so great, then this person will inspire you.
My family and I decided to pool our money for use at our local elementary school. I approached the principal in the lunch room to ask if she knew of any child who was in need. She was very excited about our church's idea for helping out the community and said that she would inquire with her staff to find a child in need. Unknown to us, at this very same moment, a single mother had entered the school office in tears. A scan had revealed a cyst on her daughters brain that would need monitoring. The hospital bill along with these periodic tests would leave her with no lunch money for her child. Gods timing is perfect....
The first person I thought of when I heard "impact" was Penny and her friend/house-mate Jo. These two ladies have long and often complicated stories. They've been homeless, hungry, abused, addicted, given up for dead, shunned, lost, and at times even enemies to each other. Yet today, thanks in part because of LCCC and our parent church New Life, they are none of the above. Penny was baptised by Terry Gurno in 1999, and this summer Jo traveled from Missoula to be baptised by Pastor Mike at SPLASH. Since they found a home in Montana, they have continued to receive LC's CD messages by mail and to overcome many of their past failures. Both are clean and sober and hungry for the Lord. We stopped by to visit them on our way through Missoula in August, and they expressed their love for Lake City and how they wish they could come "home" to visit. My husband and I chose to combine our $20's with some extra in a card with the Grand Opening Invite to Penny & Jo. They are so excited that they will be able to join us for the celebration of this very special "Healing Place." We have planned a week-end of safe and happy reunion gatherings for them as they continue to grow and overcome and encourage others around them to do the same. The impact of LC truly reaches beyond Kootenai County. Thank you for inspiring the spreading of the Gospel.
My wife and I took our $40.00 and added another twenty to make $60. Then we decided to take three siblings that live down the street from us and whose Mother is in Jail school shopping for some clothes. We ended up spending a total of a little over $100 including the $40 we received from Lake City. The spirit of giving is truly contageous and I hope and pray that others in the church were as moves as we were...God Bless!!
As owners of a Christian school, we wanted to spread the 'heroes message' by turning our elementary kids into "Super Heroes!" We gave six classes $20 each as 'seed money' and in a week's time they turned it into $525.00!! The kindergarteners bought food for the local food bank and helped pay someone's electric bill; the first graders bought grocery cards for kids at Children's Village; the second and fifth graders bought pet food for the Kootenai Animal Shelter; the third graders bought stuffed animals for kids at the Women's Shelter; and the fourth graders put their money towards the Angel Tree Program, an outreach for children whose parents are in prison. We are so proud of them!! They connected with the idea that super heroes, through the eyes of a child, change the world and usually do it without being seen by others. These little people have been over-joyed at the ability to help others and team together as a school to MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE!! Thank you for spreading God's love through our kids to reach the world! :o)
I have kept this $20 in my purse just for the right moment. I prayed and asked God to guide me to give it to the right person. Today I went to Wal mart to get a few things, I was ready to check out and got in a line. For some reason this line did not "feel" right to me so I went into another line. There was a young couple that looked disheveled and dirty. They had one young son and a baby on the way. I didn't want to make myself known so I just went to the back side of the cashier and said "just put this $$ towards their bill". The cashier kept it quite and proceeded to take it off their bill. The couple was unknowing of what had just happened. IT felt so awesome just to be able to share and not be known. the cashier was shocked that I had done this and she stated to me "that was really kind of you, we don't see that very often!" God Bless!
Even though I had been to your church only once before, my discomfort at taking the $20 vanished as my fingers touched the paper. I knew instantly who I wanted to help. It was with a surge of pure hapiness that I went to Fred Meyer, matched your donation and purchased a gift card for that amount. In a card expressing the Lord's love for each of us and our specialness, I placed the money card, a few words of appreciation, and a copy of the newspaper article written about your church. This mom,struggling to support and raise her kids on her own, was moved to tears that someone cared. Both of our spirits soared that day. Will continue on my own to replicate the experience. Thanks
We as a couple had $40 to share with the community. $20 went to Justin's cause at the luncheon held for him at ACI. The other $20 I just prayed over and asked God to show me a need. Someone rang my doorbell one evening telling me of her health troubles, bills and now a upcoming heart surgery on Oct 13th. She was selling beaded jewelry in hopes to cut down on bills for her and her 17 year old daughter. This lady told me she had 8 prior heart surgeries and this one coming up was very risky. I could tell she was scared not only for herself, but for her daughter if anything would happen to her. I gave her the $20 and told her where it came from. I invited her to church. She said she had been meaning to come to LCCC for a long time, but now with the surgery on monday she wouldn't be coming anytime soon. We are praying that she makes it through and will someday come to our church.
We wanted to touch as many people as possible so we decided that warm Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate-chip cookies would be one way to say love for pennies-a-piece. We connected with Mr. Brumley at LCHS and he suggested giving them out at homecoming. So, as people came through the gate we handed out 300 freshly baked cookies. We got miles and miles of smiles as football fans heard us say "free!" They walked off with a melted chocolate on their fingers and a little more lilt in their steps.
As soon as I picked up the $20 bill, I knew I wanted to help Royal Family Kids’ Camp – a summer camp for local foster children that Lake City has offered for the past four years. Two years ago, my husband and I (and others) cooked for the staff when they returned from camp. This year, we cooked for the 58 children and 70 staff at camp – an exhausting but wonderful experience!
A majority of RFKC’s revenue comes from the Albertsons Community Partners program (non-profit youth organizations). So, the more Albertsons customers who link their Preferred Savings Card to the Community Partners program, designating RFKC as their “Partner”, the more revenue RFKC receives year-after-year – all at no cost to the customer!
I decided to leverage my $20 in an effort to get as many customers as possible to designate RFKC as their “Partner”, so I printed posters and purchased candy to have on a table last weekend. Friday-Sunday, I, along with four other RFKC staff members (Kris Newby, Merry Hinkle, Adam Loken and Raelynn Petersen), manned a table (20 man-hours total) in front of the Prairie Avenue store. We talked to hundreds of customers and simply asked them to partner with RFKC (#49001005376) by registering online or allowing us to take care of their registration. Most of the customers were very receptive; comments included: “That is worth my time” and “It’s so easy, and you know you’re helping kids”. I was able to successfully register 20 customers, and hopefully hundreds more will take the time to register online. I encourage everyone to pray that God will multiply our efforts, because this program is a gift that will keep on giving. Many lives have been and will be changed for eternity through RFKC.
P.S. A few customers wanted to make a cash donation, and we collected $33.04. Also, the members of our small group have chosen to leverage their money to benefit RFKC.
I took the $20.00 and added another $56.00 and bought school supplies for 6 children at Winton Elementary. I was able to get 6 backpacks and fill them with folders, spiral notebooks, pencil cases, rulers, pencils and erasers, colored pencils and sharpeners, scissors, glue sticks, highlighters and a clip on calculator. All the above items are kid-friendly. It was my pleasure to help the community with your help!
Some might be surprised by Pastor Mike's methoeds, but for those who call LLCC "Home" we were not. Many needs run through your head and the different things one could do but this time of year I remember the "Coats for Kids". I see kids going to school without a coat and I always wonder for what reason that is.With $40.00 dollars I went to the retail store I work for and with my great discounts I bought two new coats and 4 pair of gloves that would have cost $157.00 for the total of $57.00. I put a pair of gloves in each pocket one for a boy and one for a girl and placed them in a drop off box for the coats for kids program. I can only imagine the look of joy when they reach in the pocket of their new coat and find not one but two new cool pairs of gloves. Thank you Jesus for all that you do for us and for placing such a creative Pastor in our lives.
After praying about where to help with the blessed $20's...a fellow Christian came to mind. She is a principal at a local middle school and I knew she would know of a need or two and would understand our mission to portray Christ's love. She relayed this to her counselors at the school and immediately there was a situation of a 6th grader who desperately needed a winter jacket, boots and gloves as her family's furniture were being reposessed that day. Since my husband and I missed the "give your day's pay" offering, we added our day's pay and bought a $150 gift card at a local store. My daughter and I found a perfect card and wrote her a note stating that we were from Lake City CC and that we did care about her and that God did have a plan and hope in store for her.We are waiting for another counselor's prompting of a need and we are going to do it again. What a blessing to partner with other Christ followers and follow his example of love and kindness and compassion. Together we can make such an impact. Thank you for motivating us to act Pastor Mike and not just listen to another sermon! My parents were visiting for the first time from another state,and they were so moved that they took the newspaper article to share with their own church. Maybe this reverse offering will take off?
The "20something" married small group decided to use our hands and hearts to help a family in need. The "husbands" went out on a Saturday morning to the woods and chopped down some trees and split the wood so that the family could stay warm during the winter. They were sore and tired, but it was well worth it. And even the family got out there to help split wood and it was a great bonding experience. Then all the couples went over to the family's house and spent some time talking and laughing, and we also gave their son some warm winter jeans lined with flannel and gave them money that we pooled together to get things they needed, or maybe to pay some overdue bills. Our small group felt so blessed to be invited in their home and for the opportunity to bond with them and to see the hope in their eyes that they are going to make it and that God provides. Our small group plans on continuing a relationship with them and maybe doing something for them around Christmas time.
Our group of five people took the $100 given and added to it to make $300. We weren't sure what to do, but knew God would give us the answer. We learned of a tragic situation where a single mother of two girls ages 12yrs. and 6 months was diagnosed with terminal cancer that has already spread to the liver. Unable to work and going through chemo created a huge need for food, diapers, and personal items. We went shopping with the money and provided the family with a variety of neccissities. We pray the Lord will continue to use us to help this family.
The twentysomething singles small group put all of their money together for a total of $500. As a group, we chose to make gift baskets for every resident of Ivy Court, a long term care facility. Each man received a bag with a pair of socks and hand lotion. Each woman got hand lotion and a flower. We decorated pumpkins and wrote for a note or Bible verse for each of the 82 residents. This past Tuesday, 20 of us showed up to give out gift bags. Lance Watson played his guitar, and Michael Wall played his piano during dinner. After awhile, the residents begged us to sing. This was not rehearsed. Even though the pitch was completely off, every resident had a giant smile. They even called the next day to invite us back. This was quite the shock... we all laughed and graciously accepted. It was an amazing experience.
My husband, mother, father, ex husband, best friend and myself pooled our money. I sought a group near to my heart and spoke with the Director of the Women's Center and asked her what need our money could fulfill. I was quickly put in touch with the Director of the Women's Shelter and learned that one of their rooms needed linens and accessories. The Director was met at Ross and we picked out three comforters, a set of sheets, a curtain and mirror for the room. The colors were beautiful and would make anyone feel at home. The Director was thrilled and very excited for the families that were currently there and those to come. In a small way the six of us will each leave a mark on the lives of many individuals. We are all so very grateful to Lake City for giving us the means to help make women and children of abuse feel a little bit more comfortable and welcome at the shelter.
The day that we received the $20 to give back to the community; my daughter and I decided to go to Arby's for lunch. While we were waiting in the drive thru for our meal, I overheard two of the workers talking about a elderly, disabled, gentleman the parking lot. Apparently, his truck had stopped running while he was in the drive thru and had to be pushed out of the drive thru lane. I offered to assist with jump starting his truck, only to realize that this gentleman was out of gas. I used my money to run down to a local gas station for him. After putting gas into his truck and a jump start I was able to send him on his way.
I tried to think of tjings or people or how to get the most bang for the buck and kept coming up blank. so i thought i would try to do something small as i saw it each week the first week i paid for the lunch of the person in line behind me... then i paid the doctor bill of someone whose husband was laid off while she was pregnant and now their bills are all going to collections... week three we donated money to TESH and then i ended the way i started and paid for lnch for the person in line behind me....i gave my invite to my son in law and all in all i didn't spend more than a couple of actual hours working or driving or whatever but i can't tell you how many i spent in prayer or thought of this whole project. Thank you for keeping my mind out of my four walls and in the community.
When my husband and I recieved the $20,we put alot of prayer into how we wanted to use it. We had some great ideas that would have blessed alot of people. We have a neighbor who has 2 unmarried daughters. One just had a baby and the other one is pregnant. Neither of them have jobs at the time and the fathers are not much help. The mom of the girls quit her job to stay home and help the daughter that has the newborn. So the dad is supporting all of them and they dont have alot of recources to get the things they would like to have for the baby. So our 3 kids and I went out on a saturday and spent the day yardsaling and shopping at childrens consignment stores looking for the items that they expressed they would like to have. So with our combined $40, I was able to purchase a very nice stroller, and a swing for the baby. And for the baby not yet here I was able to purchase TONS of baby clothes and blankets and items she would need. We dropped them off at the home and they couldnt believe that we had so much stuff for them. I love to now see them out for walks in their new stroller. And they said that the swing has been a huge help with a collicky baby girl. Thank you for helping us bless our neighbors who we love so much. We are so proud to be a part of the LCCC home.
My husband and I pooled our money together and we decided to go to the local senior center here in coeurd'alene and asked if they new of any one that could use some help. The Manager and assisted manager of the center had given us a name of a couple that was disabled and had nothing. I had decided to go to work and talk with my Manager about how we could also make a difference. My Manager and I both put in 20.00 each and then the senior center also decided to put 20.00 from the center and 20.00 from the Manager. We now have 120.00 to put together a wonderful basket of food and to provide the love from the community. Our GOD works wonders.We will be delivering this basket in the next week and my understanding this couple turns around and helps other people in need also. We also was able to help a senior lady in her home to unplug her kithen sink. She had been doing dishes in her bathtub for months. The resources have been a blessing.
I co-lead a small group of college-aged girls. We all pooled our $20 for a grand total of $160. After some deliberation, we decided we wanted to find a family with small children who we could help out with groceries and maybe some winter clothing or other needed items. We asked one of the girl's moms, who is a local 1st grade teacher, if there was a child in her class whose family could use support and she connected us with a single mom who has 4 children -- 3 years old, twin 1st graders, and a 2nd grader. We were a little slow in getting started, so are finally going to the family's home this week to meet them and give the mom the gift card for $160. However, our group decided they wanted to take it a step further and "adopt" this family for the coming school year. Throughout the year we are going to try and meet some of the family's needs through things like getting trimmings for a Thanksgiving dinner, helping with Christmas gifts, babysitting for free, shoveling snow from her sidewalks, etc. We are excited to develop a relationship with this mom and her 4 children and hope one day maybe they will join us at church as well. Who knows what God has planned this year. We're just trying to show up and be faithful wherever He is already at work.
I wanted to do something really cool with my $20; something "life-changing" for someone, so I prayed over it for a few days. My original idea was to take a homeless person out to lunch/dinner and get to know them. My husband & son thought that probably wasn't the safest thing to do. So my next thought was to call a friend I know at the shelter at St Vincent. She hooked me up with a woman who had just gotten out of the shelter and got her own apartment. We talked on the phone and instantly became friends. I took her to lunch with my $20. (Our meal came to $14 and some change, so I told the waitress to keep the change; she looked at me like that $5 was the biggest tip she had ever received and was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for her--so that was an extra "feel good" bonus along with my new friend). We had a nice lunch, obviously we did not have enough time for me to get her whole story, but she has been homeless for quite some time and is trying to get back on her feet. She will be attending church with me this Sunday and I hope this relationship lasts--I can't wait to see what God has in store for both of us!
I have another story that was totally unplanned. I was in Wal-Mart one evening buying one item in the fast lane. There was a young couple in front of me that did not have enough money to pay for everything in their basket. There was nothing frivolous in the basket--lunch meat, cheese, yogurt, etc. The guy was kind of standing off to the side, seeming a little embarrased. The girl was taking one item at a time out of her basket until she reached the amount of cash she had. I felt this sudden urge to help them (I'm assuming that was a little nudge from God), so I told the cashier to go ahead and ring up the rest of their groceries and I would take care of it.The cashier looked at me and said "are you sure?". The look of gratitude on the young girl's face was enough thanks for me, although she did thank me three or four times and the couple went on their way. What an awesome feeling to be able to help someone out like that! My only regret is that I wish I had told them God loves them or give them a "God Bless You"!
Thanks Mike & LCCC for the opportunity to spread some love!
We pooled our money together to help out a needy family with two kids and a brand new baby. They have been struggling for years. We were also able to share the gospel message with mom and hope that they can find some real peace in their lives.
I took the twenty, added thirty and gave it to St. Jude Children's Hospital for research. Jesus loves the little children.
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