Richard Allen recently spotted three young boys assisting an elderly man off of a bus in Philadelphia. As soon as the boys spotted the man having difficulty with his balance, one of the boys put his bike down and then the three helped the man hold on to his walker and gather his bags. When the older man was steady, the boys went on their way. Richard was so moved by the situation that he videoed and posted it. Allen stated, “I wanted it to basically get shared to a lot of different kids that actually see this video to want to do better.”
Paul Guidry lost a big part of his throat to cancer. In order to communicate, Guidry uses an electronic voice box to speak. All is fine as long as the device works well, but the tube by his mouth cracks often and costs $3o to replace. Guidry’s wife teaches at the Katy ISD Miller Career and Technology Center. She took the mouth tube to see if a student would accept the challenge to come up with something that would correct the problem. That’s where 18-year-old Jurgis Miksenas enters the picture. Jurgis enjoys making things and wants to be an engineer. Within three weeks, and the help of a 3D printer, a design was made and completed. The design was modified to add a barb top so the top would not slide off. The first was too thin so he made it thicker. Then the top broke off and he made it stronger. Jurgis also added Paul’s name to the voice box, in block letters, to give it a personal touch. After seven prototypes, the box can now be fixed for around $4. Due to his success, Miksenas will enter his design in the statewide engineering competition, although he feels like he is already a winner since he could help Paul. When interviewed, Jurgis stated, “I’ve found my purpose and I think my purpose is helping people.” He is already making plans to upload his design on the internet, for free, so others can benefit from the design as well.
Gene has dementia. Every day, around 3:00, he decides to go outside and sit in the chair in his front yard. That is about the time the school bus drops off the elementary kids in his neighborhood. After getting off the bus, the children immediately run to greet Mr. Gene. They show him their work, speak to him, and pat him on the back. Each day Gene introduces himself to the children and seems like he is meeting them for the first time. Megan Nunez says this has been happening for almost two years now.
Whether young or old, may we look out for each other and develop a heart that instinctively wants to help.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12
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