On any given day, the Mail Processing Center at Headquarters receives 100 or more separate categories of mail, numbering into multiple thousands of pieces. Many of these are cards, letters and envelopes we have mailed out to make it more convenient for readers to request our literature.
We thought you would find it interesting to have a brief overview of the mail sent to us each day. The following figures from a recent workday are typical of what we normally receive:
We receive a number of letters from members each week telling us about the blessings they receive for tithing. Although the following letter relates a third tithe blessing, it is unique, as we're sure you'll agree. It is from a couple in God's Church whose example had a profound impact on their real estate agent.
My husband and I decided to put our home on the market last month. We also decided to tell the real estate agent up front that we would not conduct any business on Friday evenings or Saturdays.
The agent asked my husband what his income was so he could calculate what we could afford in house payments. The amount the agent came up with was much more than we knew we could afford. We explained to him that we had committed a portion of our income every month for the next year to help the widows and fatherless children in our church. He said he was impressed that we would do this. He decided that he wanted to give one percent of his commission to the same fund when our home sold.
Our home sold in a record two weeks — normal market time in our area is 99 days. On the day of closing, he asked us who he should make the check out to and if we would get it to the right place. When he handed my husband the check we were surprised because the amount was for a lot more than what he had originally planned.
We are thankful that God has opened our eyes and hearts to the truth of His ways, and that we were able to be a shining light to someone else. We do believe that this was a third tithe blessing for us. Because we were willing to stand up for our beliefs, God opened the heart of another person to help this work.
We pray that God will continue to use us according to His will and bless the Church and His people everywhere. Mr. & Mrs. B.H. (Plano, TX)
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