From Frost to FLA

We've made it to Miami FLA - 78 degrees!  This morning in Waukesha WI a hard frost covered the car.  My feet didn't thaw out until we were walking the concourses of O'Hare.  In about 90 minutes we'll board for Santo Domingo.  As we were exiting the plane in Miami, a woman tugged on the sleeves of another woman who had left her passport and boarding ticket behind her in her seat.  A very kind gesture.  As I sit here, a gentleman just gave up the table he was sitting at alone to a group of four.  Another kind gesture.  It made me think of something I had just read, "If we don't follow our actions with words, they will only know that we are nice people, not that God loves them.  Good deeds create goodwill.  But goodwill is not yet the good news." (Rusaw and Swanson)  The language barrier for us who do not speak Espanol is still no reason for us to back away from the "intersections" God will direct us to with the people of Las Americas.  It doesn't take much, once the deed is done.  Following up with a simple, authentic "Dios le bendiga," we trust will be backed by God's promise that His Word never returns empty.