TBGM Fruit Report (Whole Foods Grocery Clerk)

Rose and I were with the family at Whole Foods the other day, buying food for the TBGM women’s retreat and we were in the check out line. I began bagging the groceries and the clerk said, “Thank you for helping me”. I said in reply, “In Israel we bag the groceries all the time that is the custom of the country. we are used to this when we travel.” The lady asked, “What we do in Israel?” I was waiting for the persecution to hit when I said, “we are now ministers of the Gospel”. There sometimes is a stigma that goes along with being a minister that it would be easier to be a lawyer or doctor. The lady at the check out counter said, “That is great, how exciting.” You could see the genuine expression in her eyes that she was encouraged by what we were doing with our family of six traveling the world to tell others about Jesus Christ. So much so that she said, “She would love to teach English as a second language.” I said to her, “there is a lot of opportunity for that and maybe you can travel with us one day.” I gave her our business card and blessed her as we left the store.