“Brother Johnson noticed our family had no kitchen table. He
appeared the next day with an odd-looking but functional table that fit nicely
against the trailer wall across from the kitchen sink. Two of the table legs
matched the tabletop and two did not. Also, several small wooden pegs stuck out
along one edge of the worn surface. One evening I stood inside Brother
Johnson’s front door as I waited for him before a home teaching appointment.
There in the nearby kitchen was a table practically identical to the one they
had given to my family. The only difference was that where our table had pegs,
the Johnsons’ table had holes! I then realized that, seeing our need, this
charitable man had cut his kitchen table in half and had built two new legs for
each half. Throughout my life this kind act has been a powerful reminder of
true giving.” - Son Quang Le
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