One-Eyed Monk

It all began with a one-eyed Monk and a lost wallet.

Wanted to share this fun story with you as another indication of how wonderful our Lord is.

A couple of weeks ago my partner, Ron Wilson, was driving his wife’s car to the repair shop around the corner from his house. After paying for the repairs he set his wallet on top of the car, (you know what’s coming), got in, and drove off. About an hour later he gets a call from a local police station telling him that they had a Monk there trying to find the owner of the wallet. 

Turns out that this Monk resides at the Wat (Buddhist temple) near Ron’s house and had come along right after he had drove off and discovered the wallet on the ground. Because Ron’s driver’s license indicates that his home is in a near by town the Monk made his way down to the police station there. The police phoned Ron and asked him to come down and retrieve his wallet.

When Ron arrived he met the Monk and received his wallet back. (not a Baht was 

missing from over 10,000- about $300) Ron gave the Monk a ride back to his Wat and told him he would come and visit him there sometime and bring him a gift. (a very traditional way of giving thanks)

A Wat is a place for religious teaching as well as worship so an idea was hatched to see if we could come and teach about the Christmas story. The Monk was very open to this and invited us to come and teach the local children. He invited the village families to send their children to hear about the Christian Christmas! We put together gift bags and to hand out as presents after I taught on the gift of God to the world in the person of Jesus.

The Christmas story was well received by the children and the Monk was very thankful for our coming. 

We all felt very privileged to represent the Lord in that place and we pray for those that heard that they would all receive the greatest gift of all.