Dear brothers and sisters,
On Thanksgiving 2020, I invited my friends and neighbors to enjoy a party. Among the guests was a woman selling coconut juice at the street where I lived.
She was about 40 years old, no marriage, no children, and usually wore her long hair down to her shoulders. Her store was a sidewalk cart, without a name. Old tables and chairs, people no longer used them, she picked them up to use.
I brought the invitation to her and asked her what her name was so I could write it on the invitation. She said her name was Bé.
She didn’t come to that party, perhaps because she was afraid that she was the lowly who didn’t have a high degree or a high status. Among the guests was a very famous journalist and his wife. They were my next-door neighbors.
I understood why she did that. The special thing was – A few days later, her cart had an A4-paper-size cardboard sign with the typed words “Ms. Be – sells soft drinks”.
I was happy to see that now she had the name for her cart. Perhaps she was happy because the first time in her life, someone invited her to a party with the famous. So she was more confident about herself.
That’s so good.
Share with you.
Have a nice day.
Phạm Thu Hương
Đọt Chuối Non 
Thank you for sharing, chị Hương.
I love it.
One of my favorite quotes from the Bible is Mathew 25:34-40:
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.
Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
I can see that you practice it very well in the daily life.
I’m practice it too.
I wish the love and the peace of God always be with you.
e. Thắng
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