{"id":2614,"date":"2022-01-20T11:07:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plaincompassion.org\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2023-12-08T16:43:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T21:43:10","slug":"january-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaincompassion.org\/january-15-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"January 15, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2614\" class=\"elementor elementor-2614\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87b98c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87b98c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96181f2\" data-id=\"96181f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f47ccc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f47ccc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\"><div id=\"jsc_c_134\" class=\"ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\"><div class=\"j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg\"><div class=\"qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d\"><div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\">This amazing story is by John Chisom, one of our volunteers:<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I have seen so many things throughout my life that I could sit down and tell you story after story for hours\u2026<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Here\u2019s a good story. This was AMAZING.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">I\u2019m in the van with 6 other people, and we stopped at a convenient store so that I could purchase something very quickly.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAn inconvenient stop at a convenience store\u2026\u201d is how I put it when I asked them if we could stop.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">I go in, and the cashier rings me up and she recognizes my voice isn\u2019t the voice of someone from Kentucky. When I explained where I was from and why I was here, she offered me and everyone in the van free coffee or fountain sodas for volunteering.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">She then pointed out her fellow employee who lost their house and ended up having to take herself and her two babies someplace else until they figure out what to do.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">I go back to van and everyone was willing to accept their offer for the free coffee \u2026 so we all go back into the store together.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Two of the men with us, Dave &amp; Jake, walked up to the girl who lost her house, and told her that they had prayed to God that he would reveal someone who lost their home to them\u2026 and they went on to explain why\u2026<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Turns out, their church put an undisclosed amount of cash into an envelope and trusted them to hand it to someone randomly who lost their house.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">We all joined each other hand in hand and Jake said this beautiful prayer for this young girl and gave her the money as tears rolled down her cheeks \u2026 and as I caught myself shedding tears watching all this unfold, I realized that I was struck with emotion for the first time in a very long time.&#8221;<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\">This is why we are here, to touch people&#8217;s lives and restore hope to them. 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