$20 for Change

I felt led to take $40 for the $20 for Change. It has taken me a while to really feel comfortable with what God wanted me to do with it. I read a post from another college that had a student give a $20 tip to her waitress at a restaurant along with a note explaining exactly that the $20 represented which lead to encouragement. Reading that post hit my heart, because in high school when I worked at Hy-Vee, I received a note from a women that was very uplifting. The note mentioned how my smile at work brightened her day and the way she witnessed how well I worked with my right hand encouraged her to have the mind set that she is capable of anything. I didn't see the women that left the note, and I'm not sure if I would have known her. (We had many regulars on a daily basis) Basically, her words more than touched my heart that day. I still have the note and keep in with me even here at school. So... I feel led to do something similar with the $20 I leave for my waitress or waiter when I go out to eat with my younger sister Wednesday, November 25th.

This afternoon I realized exactly why I felt led to take $40 for this $20 for Change and have been completely clueless how to use the other $20. This morning I received an email from one of my education professors. A friend in one of my classes has a significant other that has been very ill and had to drop out of college. He is currently in a comma and may complete his life's journey. My friend has plans to visit him in the hospital during Thanksgiving break. She needs financial aid assistance to get that. She will receive my other $20 for change.

Stephani Wickett