Every so often as a pastor I receive phone calls or emails about things going on in the lives of people in my church. As a pastor it's a great blessing to be able to share in the things that God is doing in their lives - and sometimes (when appropriate) I have the opportunity and permission from those people to pass on the blessing by sharing with the world the good things that God has done and is doing. This morning I received this sort of unbelievable email from our Operation Christmas Child coordinator. Below is what it said.
Good Morning, Had to share this.Yesterday morning I got a phone call, I thought he said Somalia.After the call was cut twice he made sure I had his email during the third call.It was from a fellow who had received a shoebox from me.
In 2010 I sent a family picture with an address label on the back. Our address labels have our phone numbers on. I emailed him and this morning I had a reply.He is from Sierra Leone, West Africa. John`s children received the boxes. He works with the council of churches there as a Psychosocial Councelor, his wife is a teacher.They belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone. He has asked for pray for his country elections this year. They have four in November. `Please pray for a peaceful election.` In my 20 some years of doing shoeboxes I have never heard from anyone until now!
Next time you think that your little act of service, or your little token of compassion doesn't matter, I'd urge you to come back to this blog and read this email. Our God is so big that he can build a bridge between cultures with a shoebox. How is our great God going to use you today?
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