Saturday, November 24, 2007

Random Events or Divine Appointments?

I always find it interesting when events happen that although frustrating at the time, you realize later that it all happened for a reason. The weather had been exceptionally warm (60s) the other day and by afternoon we had VERY high winds. Electricity was going out all over the city and since I was supposed to go out and set up to show a movie at PTL I texted Olya and asked her to call to see if they had electricity. No sense driving to the other side of town if they didn't. They did so I headed out. The minute we got there the electricity went out. So, we decided to reschedule and went out to dinner. The first place we stopped we didn't like the atmosphere so we went down the street to a different place. Three quarters into the meal a kid came in and was begging from the tables. He came to ours and we started asking him questions. He stated that his mom was out all the time and his father was in jail. He lived in the micro region that doesn't have much...most places don't have electric, gas or heat. Some buildings don't have windows. We told him to wait and we would take him and buy food. He had two friends outside waiting for him. We finished about 15 min. later and walked all three of them over to the store and bought some bananas, apples and samsa (potato, meat filled bread things). The one boy was 14 and homeless. He had plastic slippers and socks with a light jacket. The other kid lived with his grandmother. We gave him them a business card and told them to come to the office some time for some clothes and I gave the homeless kid my gloves. Looking back, I am glad we didn't have any electricity.

No comments: