A Brazilian woman (probably illegal) told my wife this true story yesterday. Her son in San Paulo is a minister and, in his flock was a woman strung out on drugs. Like many addicts she owed her dealer money and he was demanding payment ... or else.
The minister told his congregation of this threat and asked for everyone to help save her life. The minister’s eight-year old daughter decided to empty her piggy bank for this woman ... amounting to $8.25 in American. The rest of this church contributed $217. When the minister gave the drug dealer the equivalent of $225.25 ... not all that was owed ... he related the piggy-bank part.
Seeing the little girl’s face, the drug dealer burst into tears ... gave back the money and then some (and I suppose retired from his ill-suited profession.)
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