I am a barista in a local coffee shop. I have "regulars", you know, the people who come in nearly every day. One lady in-particular comes in and requests that I make her drinks. While she was waiting a friend of hers came in with her daughter (around 13 years old). As they were talking I picked up on some of the conversation:
Regular: "I just really want to go to Thailand, I want that to be one of the last things I do"
Which of course made my ears perk up and say "I'm going to Thailand!!!" This of course opened the door for me to talk about the World Race. Come to find out my regular, that I had been waiting on for months now, had been a missionary for up-words of 35 years!
Anyway, back to my title. As Ms Regular and I were talking the young girl ran out to the car. I figured her mom left her pocket book, or something. When she came back in, she said "I made a bunch of money from babysitting, and I wasn't sure where to put my tithe. I would like to give it to you for your mission trip"!!!!!!! I went around the counter and hugged the girl! Her gift was pure and simple and just plain perfect.
I have been blessed so many times in ways similar to this! From an amazing, over and above turn out at my benefit dinner to donations for my benefit garage sale, to people just handing me money because they say its a good cause. God is good!
