March Prayer Letter

March 2025

Dear Praying Friends,

It had been one of “those” months. Dad’s salary paid for his family of five, but extra expenses had really hit the young household hard and they were hurting. They needed food, so they all headed to the grocery store to get what they could. They gathered what they could afford and lined up at the check out

waiting patiently as the line moved glacially. An older gentleman lined up in back of the young family and started up a conversation.

He loved children and larger families and admired how well behaved their three children were. He got teary eyed as he asked to pay for their food. The dad had just swiped his card and gotten the receipt from the cashier, so the older man reached for his billfold, pulled out every Euro he had and just handed it to them without even counting it. Stunned, they all began to cry and thanked this kind man for his great gift. When they counted the money later, it was exactly what their bill had been! Coincidence? No, we know God sent that man to bless and encourage this faithful family who are daily seeking to accomplish God’s will and raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained

angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:2

Thankful for “strangers”,

Mark Hale