Oswald Golter was a missionary
in northern China during the 1940’s. After ten years service
he was returning home.
His ship stopped in India,
and while waiting for a boat
home he found a group of refugees living in a warehouse on the pier. Unwanted by anyone else the refugees were stranded there. Golter went to visit them.
As it was Christmas-time wished them a merry Christmas and
asked them what they would
like for Christmas.
“We’re not Christians,”
they said. “We don’t believe
in Christmas.”
“I know,” said the missionary,
“but what do you want for Christmas?” They described
some German pastries they
were particularly fond of, and so
Oswald Golter cashed in his ticket, used the money to buy baskets and baskets of the pastries, took them
to the refugees, and wished
them a merry Christmas.
When he later repeated the
incident to a class, a student said, “But sir, why did
you do that for them?
They weren’t Christians.
They don’t even believe
in Jesus.”
“I know,” he replied,
“but I do!”
May God Bless You,
Your Family, & Your Friends
the Way He Has Blessed Us.
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