On the streets, the homeless men often lack any kind of "slipper" (what they call a shoe!) so we do collections and purchase rubber flip flops of our own. We went to the Dollar Tree in town and were having fun selecting flip flops and just enjoying the moment. We went down another aisle to look for medicine and although we went down the wrong aisle at first, it proved to be a blessing in disguise.
"They must be going on a mission's trip," a kind woman remarked to her young daughter. Then she turned to Miles and I, "Are you?" We then told her we were which prompted her to ask where we are going, when, and what we would be doing down there. We answered the questions and finally made our way to the next aisle. We got all the medicine the store had to offer and with our huge cart of flip flops and medicine, we got in the shortest line I could find. The line happened to have the same kind woman who had asked about our trip earlier in front of us with her young daughter and baby.
A conversation began again and then she told us to place ten of our pairs of flip flops with her stuff because she felt led to buy ten for us. "It's not much, but I just feel led she said!" After thanking her profusely, I told her that it definitely was alot! It was ten homeless men who would now have flip flops; it was ten more bottles of children's cold medicine we could now buy because someone else bought ten pairs of flip flops.
She asked our names, and I never learned hers.
Whoever you are, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I pray blessings over you and your two sweet children.
I just know that God will bless you so much for being so willing to buy shoes for homeless men in a foreign country that you haven't even had the pleasure of meeting yet.
I wish more people were like you.
What an incredible example for your children!
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| Some of the precious homeless men and children of Guyana |
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