Doug Nichols showed me the value of kindness in a harsh world. This is his story:
I had to have a load more time put time on my phone and I was over at Greenhills shopping mall. I asked someone and said, "Go there."
So I walked up to one of the counters to have your load put on your phone. As I walked up, they saw this tall old missionary walk up to them. Evidently they did not like Americanos. They started calling me names. "What do you want you ugly Americano?" "Where did you get that nose? Looks like a saging, a banana nose" and they started saying things, and they laughing and making fun of me and my looks.
So they started putting the load on my phone and one of them started some very shameful things to me, very cruel and foul and using sexual terms and just is terrible. And I was so embarrassed, so embarrassed I found myself getting red with embarrassment. I was so ashamed that people would even talk to anybody like that. So I paid for my phone and I turned and as I walked away they said some terrible things to me, very bad things, couldn’t even repeat them.
One hour later, I’m walking, still in Greenhills, I finished all my appointments and walking back to my car and I passed Krispy Kreme donuts. Oh I shouldn’t say Krispy Kreme donuts today, should I? But I was on the other side. You know I do not like Krispy Kreme donuts because you just walk by the place you gain 5 pounds. And so, they were baking some fresh donuts and you could smell the bread, you could smell the donuts. As I smell the bread, I’m walking towards my car I’m still feeling so badly about what happened an hour before and then all of a sudden I remembered the verse "Pray for those who despitefully use you and say all manner of evil against you. Pray for them, be exceedingly glad."
All of a sudden I remember those people in that phone shop and I knew what God was leading me to do. So I walked over across the street to Krispy Kreme. I ordered 6 donuts, when they gave me the bill I said, "I just want to buy donuts, I don’t want to buy the store." They put them in a bag and I put some gospel tracts in the bag, about 50 of them. And then I walked back over to that where that phone shop was and as I walked up they saw me and they began to say the bad words again but when I got up to the counter I put the Krispy Kreme donuts and I said, "Para sa iyo" and they all asked "Sir, what is this?"
"Oh, it’s 3 o’ clock. It’s merienda time. This is for you. I want to bless you in Jesus’ name."
And then they changed totally, completely. I took out the gospel tracks and I gave to them. "This is how to tell you how you can turn from sin to the Savior." And then I turned and I walked away and as I walked away do you what they said? "Thanks mister for talking to us. Thanks mister for coming here today."
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