Pleasant Surprise

Last Saturday it was one of my house mates, Tim's birthday (as it
happens it is the other ones, Gordon's birthday this Saturday, not sure
the bank can take this!), so all 3 of us and a few more friends all
went out for a few birthday drinks.

It was a really pleasant evening, we had had a good laugh and some
entertaining conversation, upon leaving the venue that we had been to
we haled down a taxi for 6 people. We got into the taxi and headed
back to Mansions. The driver was a young Asian man who I talked to the
whole way home about cars.

Once we got home I paid the driver and we all went in to play with
Tim's birthday present a giant pea shooter! After about 10 minutes
there was a knock at the door, I opened it and it was the taxi driver!
He asked if any of us had dropped a wallet in his cab? I looked at the
wallet and thought that it looked like Gordon's, I asked if I could
check for any confirmation that it was Gordon's, he said fine. I
opened it and it had a Gordon's cards and £40 cash! The driver just
said I saw it on the seat and so thought that it must be one of ours!
We gave him some money that he reluctantly accepted and then we went
back in.

We gave the wallet to Gordon and he had not even realised that it was
missing.

I was completely shocked by this as too often you hear stories of
people who have dropped stuff in taxis and never get it back, the
biggest shock of this is that we did not even know that it was missing!
I had a warm feeling come over me, a feeling that maybe there still
are decent people in our society. As a Christian sometimes I feel that
maybe I am a lone voice for honesty, I am happy to say that I am wrong!

Also I wrote a letter to the taxi company (Spearhead 01582 505050) to
tell them what had happened and how amazed I am and grateful!

Thank you Lord that there are still some decent living young people out
there!