Random Encouragements

Again, this is one of those many drafts that I had that I never published..

1. While I was volunteering at a hospital last year, an old grandpa would always come in for occupational therapy, along with a younger guy, who I assumed would be his son, on crutches. He always walked in with a big smile on his face, greeting all those around him and responding to a how are you with "I'm blessed!" At first I was a bit startled at this unusal answer to a habitual greeting, unable to reproduce quickly another moment-stopping reply but "that's good." About the third time I saw him, he threw me a piece of coin, on which had John 3:16 on it. Then I had the guts to tell him how encouraged I was, and he told me that he's a part of bikers for Christ, which I thought was funny/cute. Then later I saw that he talked to my supervisor and was able to bring in bunch of Bibles to put the onto the bookshelf for patients/visitors to read...



2. One day I had some minutes to kill before tutor started so stopped by a clothing store on the way. It's a Korean owned small boutique. No one was there but the owner and another worker. As I was browsing I couldn't help but listen to their conversation (it was loud and in Korean = it just comes to me). Anyhow, the owner was talking about how prayer freed her daughter from the stress of studying, and how she had to repent herself because of pushing her to the road of achievement or else... And goes onto the lives of people who go to church, and only live as chrisitans on Sunday, that there aren't too many that live out their christian lives. She said that neighbors aren't too far; her way of loving neighbors is praying for everyone who walks in the door of her store, whether they buy or not. That, knowing that I had been prayed for, was rather comforting? encouraging.



3. Again at the volunteer, there was an old patient who just had surgery on his head. He had not recovered fully from the surgery that his memory was failing him quite often. He was a Spanish speaker so with the little that I knew, I tried to have a conversation with him and soon got to assist an occupational therapist with his treatment, which at this time was to read. The patient wanted to read his bible, so someone brought it over and... it was just awesome to see how he prayed before reading the Word and that was what he desired to do: read and pray despite the cognitive difficulties he was experiencing..



4. I was reading the Bible in front of a Starbucks and this white lady with her family passed by. Then she comes back to say that it's good to see me reading the Word of God =) Made me want to read more and more and MORE! =D



5. Many more to come...