The Price Was Right

 

So many of you seemed to enjoy the Heavenly Horse story.  Here is a good story from this past week.

 

When Doc and I were in Tanzania a few years ago, there was a young man (Chazy) who served us our breakfast at the hotel where we were staying.  He shared a little bit about his desire to be the first in his family to attend College and earn a Certificate.  Doc and I have both been in that situation so it pleased us to hear that.

 

When Doc and I returned to the States, I periodically emailed Chazy to encourage him in his studies.  I asked him about his tuition figuring perhaps I would send him a few dollars as a Christmas gift.  At the time his income was $100 per month for his full-time job as a waiter.   Six days a week. His Tuition was 794,000 TZS per semester. (approx. $293), so needless to say after rent, food, transportation, utilities and such, there was nothing left for school.

 

That’s a bit of background for you.  Now to the present….

 

Recently Chazy wrote to me: “Last night people stole my PC so sad”.

I asked more about it: “I was coming out of the hotel to go home. They passed by with a motorcycle and they stole from me by force. I had my phone with the PC. I am very sad because I don't even have a phone here.  I have gone to the police to report.”

 

Chazy’s email weighed on my mind for a few days.  Then came the “Nudging….” 

 

Voice: “Send Chazy a few dollars to help toward a new laptop.  As a student he cannot function without a computer”.

Tina:  “How much?  $100?”

Voice:  “Not enough”.

Tina:  “$250?”

Voice: “Too much”

Tina: “OK. Then YOU tell me!?!?!!”

Voice: “$175”

Tina: “OK.  It shall be done as you have instructed”.

 

After a few days I checked in with Chazy to see if he had received my gift.  He said “YES!”

And he had purchased a new laptop!  “I really appreciate it, it has great capacity, it has good speed and also its storage is big, I really like it.”

 

Out of curiosity I asked the price of the laptop.  I was wondering if my gift might help perhaps with 1/3 of the cost?  Chazy replied:  “It cost $400,050 TZS”. Gulp!  That sounded HUGE – until I did the conversion.  The $175 gift paid for the laptop with $26 US to spare!  

 

Source Knew THE RIGHT PRICE.

Heavenly Horse Hello

 Hi Penny Pals-

 

On Wednesday Nights I try to attend the online streaming video from the Miracle Distribution Center.  Tonight's Lesson was "Listening to God's voice throughout the day".  After class I wrote to the instructor about Monday's Horse Balloon Story.  Figured I would share it here with you as well.  Hopefully this brings you a smile.

 

Tina

 

 

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Monday I realized it was the (65th?) birthday of the owner of the local UPS Store. 

There was that "Nudging" (Voice).  

 

Voice: "Do SOMETHING to recognize Tom's Birthday"

Tina:  "I don't wanna.  I am busy today.  Bug Off".

Voice:  "Do it Anyway"

Tina: "Do I have to?"  "Why?"  "Tom will never know if I don't do something".  "Are you talking deliver a card or WHAT?"

Voice: "How about a balloon?"

Tina "OK.  Let me look in my balloon box and see what is there...."  "Happy Mother's Day?  Happy Anniversary?  Happy Retirement?".  No, no, no.

 

I spotted a brown horse balloon.  Why in the world would I have a horse balloon in my box?

Voice: "That's the one".

The balloon was old and initially non-cooperative, but Doc and I finally got it to work.

We delivered the balloon to Tom.

 

Tom at first was speechless, then laughing, then kept saying "I don't believe this....!"

 

He showed me the screensaver on his phone.  It was his brown horse which he had put to sleep last year.  This balloon was like a Happy Birthday from heaven!!!

 

Coincidence?

 

SUCH JOY!!!!