Giving Fun III

So far, the gifts mentioned on the blog have been for people that we know.

We also have had fun giving gifts to strangers this month.

We made some cute bags that have a tract, a candy cane, 

and one other gift (gum, chapstick, or trail mix).

Since we walk a lot in town,

we give to people that we pass,

we give to folks waiting for buses,

we give to the staff at restaurants and stores who serve us,

we give to bell ringers,

sometimes we even leave them where they may be found later.

True story:

Last Saturday,

we passed a woman on our local bike path.

I handed her a bag that had a chapstick in it.

She first seemed incredulous that I had handed her anything,

then she flipped it over and saw the gift.

Then she teared up and explained that she was going through a hard time.

She had just used the last of her chapstick and here I was giving her a new one.

Then she saw the tract title (True Peace) and explained that she needed that.

She asked for a hug (which we gave her),

we told her that Jesus had led us to her and that He loved her,

and we told her to give her problems to Him.

We don't know if anything will come of it,

but hubby commented that the bag was an example of meeting a physical need

 in order to address a spiritual one.

The gift bags have helped me to be bolder,

and so we are going to change the tract in the new year and hand them out around town all the time!