I know it's been forever since my last post. That's partially because I haven't had many opportunities to stop for people since I moved to the campus area and am not driving half an hour every day. But I have had a few.
Over the summer sometime, I had the opportunity to drive a man home. Even though we had dinner plans with my family, and I wasn't sure whether I'd be on time, my wife agreed for me to go. I am so blessed to have a wife who supports my helping people even when she's not thrilled about it (though as it turned out, I ended up being on time to dinner because he lived not far from the restaurant).
The morning of the Sunday before last, I prayed that God would give me opportunities to bless people. I went and ran some errands, and when I was almost home, I saw a woman asking for help. I didn't happen to have a bag of food in my car (sometimes I do, for just such occasions), so I hurried home and packed some food and biked it out to her, and she was still there (at other times when I've done this, they were gone by the time I got back). She was extremely appreciative.
Then, that night, my wife and I saw someone else standing on the same corner with a sign. It was pretty cold out. Even though my wife was starving (she gets a little impatient when she's hungry), she took the time to help me warm up a slice of left-over lasagna and pack some other food for him. I grabbed a pair of knit gloves and some hand warmers, and biked everything out to him. His name is Mike. Both of those on the same day! So that was a really cool answer to prayer.
Then the exact same thing happened this sunday (including the lasagna and hand warmers). When I got out there, he thanked me for the veggie lasagna I gave him the week before! I told him he now had himself another portion. He said he had accidently left the gloves I gave him behind at the garage where he is staying, and I told him that it was ok, because there was another pair in the bag.
All that to say, I feel tremendously blessed. Especially by having a wife who is so supportive even when it costs her.
