A while ago, Mr. Mo and Janet went down to Texas for a little visit. I vaguely recall one of them mentioning to me that they were hoping to visit with the man? couple? that helped them find the gospel. I believe Mr. Mo sent me this to use as a bulletin, and I appreciate that. If Rob is the fellow they went to see, small wonder they are the bedrock Christians they are today.
Randy

From: "Marlene Bedwell"
Subject: from Rob Perkins and how he works
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:38:42 -0500

Rob Perkins is our son-in-law, Julie's husband, Christian and elder at a church in Corpus Christi, TX. He not only takes stray cats and dogs, hozses, pigs, geese, etc home to Julie but this is Rob at work. We like Rob.

Howdee,

I had an opportunity to do good yesterday and I almost missed it. Yesterday at about 5pm the girls told me someone was up front who wanted to talk to me. I went up there and didn't recognize the guy except he was snaggle toothed and looked pretty scraggly.

He needed some money so he could get to Houston. He had come from Decatur, Alabama and had been looking for work in Corpus for about 5 days and was sleeping in the back of his truck. Couldn't find work. I told him I didn't have any work for him. He said he would do anything. Trouble was I already pay people to do everything and some of them were just standing around.

I told him I might be able to find him some work building fence around Riviera. He said he would really like some work right now so he could leave for Houston tonight.

I hemmed and hawed and finally asked him how much money he needed. He said $15. 1 remembered my push mower was in the back of my truck and told him he could mow the lawn (even though the lawn wasn't quite ready to be mowed yet). So he went to mowing. We usually pay $50 to have the clinic lawn mowed but that includes edging. So when he was finished I gave him $40. He said he didn't deserve that much. I asked him what church he went to. He said the church of Christ. I figured he might. When I was in the fourth grade (second time) we lived in Athens about 20 miles from Decatur. If you picked up a rock and threw it odds are you would hit a church of Christ building. Not that it makes any difference what if any church he went to, it's just kind of interesting.

When I went back in one of the receptionists commented that he was a bum. I told them, '.you remember what Jesus said? I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, hungry and you fed me..." and the people said when did we do that? Jesus said "When you did it for one of these you did it for me"

I told the girls, that was no bum ... that was Jesus Christ. I almost didn't recognize him.

Uncle Rob