A friend of mine receives slightly used laptops from people and works on them. Then he gives the laptops to ministries or people in ministry. I emailed him about a single mom from Venezuela I wanted to get a laptop for. Carmin came here with her son in August 2021.. She works hard at a Kawasaki plant here but has a thirteen year old son to provide for and also sends money to her parents. She could not have bought a laptop, but I knew it would help her practice English at home, make it better for her to video chat with her parents, and connect with her son’s school, so I wanted to see her have a laptop.
My friend had a laptop for her. I picked it up early last week, It cost me nothing and cost him only the time he spent refreshing it. I went a Walmart. Yes, for such a worthy purpose I walked in quickly to such a place. I got a violet backpack to put her laptop in.
To have a little fun with it, last Tuesday I told her I had a surprise for her but I could not tell her the surprise because then it would not be a surprise. That gave her most of the week to wonder what the surprise was. Sunday morning in our group, I gave her the backpack and told her to open it. The look on her face was priceless. Then I showed her how to access things for her son’s school.
It feels like a Christmas morning for me when I can see my friends blessed like a few months ago when Samuel was given a guitar by an older couple from church. Seeing the joy on the faces of my friends is wonderful.
Tomorrow my young friend from Ukraine will receive a violin. My friend from church who is the Youth Symphony Director/Conductor will visit my class to bring her the violin. I am SO looking forward to see my young friend Ester’s reaction.
Seeing others blessed is a huge blessing. When someone blesses one of my refugee/immigrant friends, I view it as them also blessing me.
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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Wonderful Matt, keep sharing Jesus in tangible ways as well as in word
Thank you Gary.
How is the far north?
Very nice Matt. A dusting of snow outlined everything. It will melt today. perfect weather for the geese and swans to practice their V’s with the young ones.
Do you do geese hunting?
Only with my camera. I’m not a waterfowl hunter. Deer and grouse work well in the freezer for the long winter.
So heartwarming. Thanks for sharing this, Matt!
Glad to share it.
Thank you for reading 🙂
Oh! What fun you must be having! God bless you.
We are having fun 🙂
Blessings
Love it💕 how much more shall our heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him (Luke 11:13)
Amen!!!
We may know how to give good gifts but God tops us all 🙂
Wonderful. I can feel the joy all around. This is the true meaning of Christmas. Keep up the good work big brother.
Thank you little sister. It is so fun to see the joy on the faces of people being blessed.
Amen 🙏🏽 what a blessing. Praise the Lord!!
It blessed me to give it to her 🙂
How exciting to be on the cutting edge of of ministry.
Yet, in this case, it’s the healing edge
To see the joy on her face was great
I love that gifts bless both the Giver and Receiver.
Amen
me too
seeing the smiles is a gift for me
Awesome!! It is a double blessing when we witness others receive something they’re in need of!!
It was a blessing for me. Even more- she let her 13 year old son join an overnight with the Middle School group from church
🙏❤️😀
You are the hands and feet of Jesus. What joy!
Thank you Patti. It is a blessing to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
How is Aaron?
Aaron has a sore throat today so he’s home from his day group. I pray he’s not sick enough to have to stay home on Friday because he is beyond excited for his Halloween party on Friday – the first time ever that he’s wanted to go. His costume is the reason why. I’ll blog about it after his big day. 🙂
God continues to bless the fortunes of these families.