Gifts from unexpected places

Over the last few months, we have received gifts from many unexpected places. Back in the Fall, for instance, my neice in Atlanta, along with several of her friends, came up with the idea to knit socks and bookmarks and other such things and then to sell them during Grandparents' Day at their school. In doing so, she and her friends raised almost $800 to put toward our church's work in helping families get back in their homes!

Well, just recently, on a visit to Jackson, the eight-year-old daughter of a good friend handed me an envelope and said, "Here, this is for your church." She had written my name on the outside of the envelope and, on the inside, had placed $12 to put toward our rebuilding effort, no doubt out of her own money. What a blessing! I pray these young people, and others like them, will always have such a giving heart for God's people and for God's work. The generosity of God's people is one thing that is being clearly seen here on the Coast. Let's pray it continues and that people here see it and ask for the reason.