Unsung heroes…Salvation Army bell ringers.

Dear God, last week the family and I went to Walmart to do some grocery shopping and I noticed the lady out front ringing the Salvation Army bell.  It was bitterly cold but she had a big smile on her face.  She had headphones on and danced back and forth to the music in her ear as she rang the bell.

I thought to myself, “I wonder what her story is?  How did she come to ring the bell for the Salvation Army?”  And then I had a divine idea that I know came from you.  Thank you that my 14 year old is working for MTV and was sent a Flip camera to do her job.  My idea is, to go around to different stores and interview the person standing outside ringing the bell and get “their story.”  But what I really need you to help me with is this, I would like to get the store that the bell ringer is standing in front of, to sponsor a $50 to $100 gift card for the bell ringer that I interview.  When I’m done with the interview, I want to be able to hand the bell ringer a Christmas card with the gift card inside.  This will be my way of saying thank you for sharing their story.

God I pray that this idea catches like wild fire and people all over the United States will implement the same idea.  These unsung heroes stand in the bitter cold ringing a bell for hours for minimum wage.  I imagine that many of them probably can’t afford to even shop in the store they are standing in front of.  I bet many of them are war veterans like myself.  God my heart goes out to them and I really need you to help me pull this off.  I look forward to working on this project with you.  Let’s have fun!