Pat Dietrich
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I believe in my heart he sent me to church to make sure somebody has a Christmas.
So our plans were to attend my brothers service on Christmas eve. He has his own church. We left my wifes family Christmas, running on time so i thought, arrive at 7:50pm to a service that started at 7:00. Somehow Kari (my wife) believes she was told wrong about the time. Turned out to be no big deal but what happened next was. There was a black man there that was super nice and seemed his spirit was on top of the world when we arrived. Joked around with us , laughing with us about whatever. Joyful person to say the least. Unfortuanatly as I was waitng to talk to my brother, i found out different. This guy has nothing. We talked for about 1/2 hr or more and the conversation slowly made it's way to the fact that he has no family around, he has no job because he hasn't been released to work because of a serious asthma condition where he almost died a couple months back and might have had he not been talking to his mom from cincinnati, 3 1/2 hrs away. He had his worst attack ever and was not going to call for help because he wanted to be a "man" about it. Well, knowing her son all to well she called the local police and told them what was going on and he said a fire truck, an ambulance, and a couple squad cars pulled up to his motel (where he has lived for 3 months) so as he was looking out the window trying to figure out what was going on, they came to his door, where as soon as they came in he was out and wokeup at a hospital with 4 different doctors trying to get him to breath and nothing was working. He said it was at that point where he thought it would be best to say he was sorry for anything he had done, prayed to say the least. He joked about being broke but he knew God would take care of him in his own way and he was right. We had just received a little bit of $$ from our Christmas party and I knew thats why God had us go there that night to give it to someone in need. The thanks i got was unbelievable. The guy had tears in his eyes and needless to say mine ended up running down my face. I felt so bad for him. He then told me how when the offering came around, he had put his LAST dollar in the basket knowing that somehow God would take care of him. It really blows me away that God used me to help this man. It doesn't stop there though, nobody should be alone on Christmas period, so i called my brother when i got home and told him that i want him to pick RJ up and bring him here for our Christmas. He said that would be awesome cause he his picking him up anyway this morning to take him to his house for breakfast. This man is going to have a good Christmas if its the last thing i do, other than give my wife her ring.
I feel really good about myself to be in a position to actually make a difference in somebodys life at least for the holidays. Yeah my wife is going to be over joyed at her present, but thats material, this is from my heart to help someone in need. I guess one person CAN make a difference. Thanks for reading. Hope everyone had a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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I believe in my heart he sent me to church to make sure somebody has a Christmas.
So our plans were to attend my brothers service on Christmas eve. He has his own church. We left my wifes family Christmas, running on time so i thought, arrive at 7:50pm to a service that started at 7:00. Somehow Kari (my wife) believes she was told wrong about the time. Turned out to be no big deal but what happened next was. There was a black man there that was super nice and seemed his spirit was on top of the world when we arrived. Joked around with us , laughing with us about whatever. Joyful person to say the least. Unfortuanatly as I was waitng to talk to my brother, i found out different. This guy has nothing. We talked for about 1/2 hr or more and the conversation slowly made it's way to the fact that he has no family around, he has no job because he hasn't been released to work because of a serious asthma condition where he almost died a couple months back and might have had he not been talking to his mom from cincinnati, 3 1/2 hrs away. He had his worst attack ever and was not going to call for help because he wanted to be a "man" about it. Well, knowing her son all to well she called the local police and told them what was going on and he said a fire truck, an ambulance, and a couple squad cars pulled up to his motel (where he has lived for 3 months) so as he was looking out the window trying to figure out what was going on, they came to his door, where as soon as they came in he was out and wokeup at a hospital with 4 different doctors trying to get him to breath and nothing was working. He said it was at that point where he thought it would be best to say he was sorry for anything he had done, prayed to say the least. He joked about being broke but he knew God would take care of him in his own way and he was right. We had just received a little bit of $$ from our Christmas party and I knew thats why God had us go there that night to give it to someone in need. The thanks i got was unbelievable. The guy had tears in his eyes and needless to say mine ended up running down my face. I felt so bad for him. He then told me how when the offering came around, he had put his LAST dollar in the basket knowing that somehow God would take care of him. It really blows me away that God used me to help this man. It doesn't stop there though, nobody should be alone on Christmas period, so i called my brother when i got home and told him that i want him to pick RJ up and bring him here for our Christmas. He said that would be awesome cause he his picking him up anyway this morning to take him to his house for breakfast. This man is going to have a good Christmas if its the last thing i do, other than give my wife her ring.
I feel really good about myself to be in a position to actually make a difference in somebodys life at least for the holidays. Yeah my wife is going to be over joyed at her present, but thats material, this is from my heart to help someone in need. I guess one person CAN make a difference. Thanks for reading. Hope everyone had a MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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