Quick note

We shipped down some medical supplies for the Anemia Campaign today (as it turns out the workers ran out of lancets last week, which is what we sent down today).  Jen took the 5 heavy boxes to the UPS store.

Long-story-short:  it wasn't cheap to send the items down.  BUT when she was describing to the store owner where they were going he offered to reduce the charge by 20%, which amounted to a $300 savings!

That's pretty awesome!   Gifts and donations and resources come in different ways, and it's always exciting to share about it.

There are a number of ways of looking at this.  Some that come to mind:

1.  "Hey!  that's lucky!"

2.  Someone just gave $300 in services

3.  We just saved $300 that can now be used for other purposes

The mistake would be in passing this (and other gifts) by too quickly.  But it's worth a moment to thank God for multiplying and blessing the work of our collective hands.  

Ben
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