Unexpected Encounter

Life is so interesting.

This afternoon, the doorbell rang.  Since I'm housesitting, I was a little concerned as to who was at the door!

I answered and there was a lady standing outside.  "Hiya I'm S.. from nextdoor.  Are J or K home?"

"No, sorry, they aren't."

"Well, do you know, do they have a Bible we could borrow?  My child is doing homework and we need to look up some verses and we can't find a Bible."

Well, that's a change from borrowing a cup of sugar.  I ducked back in and came out with my Bible.  "Here you go, I don't know where their's would be, but this is my Bible.  I'll be here for a while so keep it as long as you need."

Four hours later, S returned my Bible.  She asked me all sorts of questions too.  We stood on the front step and talked about similarities between Matthew and Luke for about twenty minutes.  She seemed a little embarrassed to not know more about the Bible.  She told me her nan, who died in December, was quite devout, but the rest of the family only go to church for weddings and funerals.

I know some people go door to door to talk about the Bible, but I've never had someone show up on my doorstep asking to learn about the Bible!  Now I have :)