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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Service

We were deciding where to go on a map the night before. We both were attracted to this one area. But when we got there the next day...it was not at all what we were expecting. One side of the path...not road...was all torn up in construction. There was a little apartment complex that was pretty run down...and no people in sight. We had no idea what to do. We decided to knock on the door. The first one, no answer. The second one...the lady practiced Hinduism and the third, the lady told us to leave. So we started walking back...and we ran into the nicest lady and man rolling a microwave. She loved us because we were missionaries. She is Lutheran. We ended up helping this man install his microwave and having a bowl of soup with him, his wife, and the Lutheran lady. His wife was the one who told us to go away. It was a really special experience...that we could serve this man who is going blind...his wife is blind also and they both have special needs. He has no religious belief...he is Chinese but thanked us for our service and said he would come to church twice. WOW!

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