She kept it on her desk at work, and one day it was gone. She asked around, cause she thought somebody might have just borrowed it to look something up, and forgot to put it back on her desk. Her office is in a "controlled access" part of her building, so she figured it had to be a coworker.
She was not so concerned about the fact that somebody stole a Bible - that could be a GOOD thing. But it had a lot of her notes in the margins, and otherwise had sentimental value, as I had given it to her for Mother's Day a long time ago. She asked around, but nobody seemed to know anything.
Then the IT guy was upgrading Mrs CP's Mac, and said he had heard about her Bible, and asked if she knew when it first came up missing. Mrs CP knew she had used it on a certain date, and also remembered the first time she noticed it missing, so there was about a 36 hour window, including a weekend.
A couple days later, IT guy came to her and asked, "do you want to know who took your Bible"? He had reviewed security camera footage for the time period in question, and discovered it was a lady from the cleaning service. It was quite a surprise, because Mrs CP had interacted with her a number of times, as Mrs CP gets to work early, just as the cleaning people are leaving. It was a bit of conundrum.... the lady will no doubt be fired without question if it could be proven she stole the anything from the work environment.
We talked about it, and decided to buy her a Bible, and my wife would pray about how and when (and if) to approach her. Well, yesterday was the day, and Mrs CP arrived at work just as cleaning people were finishing up, and she asked the lady - Jaio - if she would step into her office. She looked terrified and started backing away, but Mrs CP insisted it would be OK. Jaio was from China, and had only been in the US a couple years, and she kept saying "I want no trouble".
Mrs CP showed her the Bible, and said, "I'd like you to have this, because my Bible came up missing, and I know how important it is to have a Bible". (Don't know what all else was said, but suffice it to say, after tears of remorse on Jaio's part, she finally accepted the Bible and told Mrs CP "I will find yours for you".) Long story short, Jaio explained she only borrowed it over the weekend, and planned on having it back before Monday morning, but "I kept reading and reading..." Jaio seemed more worried that somebody would find out she was reading a Bible, than that somebody would find out she stole something. Mrs CP had to promise "do not tell anybody I am reading Bible".
So, just about an hour ago, I got an email from Mrs CP: "Guess what was on my desk this morning".
This could be the beginning of a beautiful (maybe even eternal) relationship!
She was not so concerned about the fact that somebody stole a Bible - that could be a GOOD thing. But it had a lot of her notes in the margins, and otherwise had sentimental value, as I had given it to her for Mother's Day a long time ago. She asked around, but nobody seemed to know anything.
Then the IT guy was upgrading Mrs CP's Mac, and said he had heard about her Bible, and asked if she knew when it first came up missing. Mrs CP knew she had used it on a certain date, and also remembered the first time she noticed it missing, so there was about a 36 hour window, including a weekend.
A couple days later, IT guy came to her and asked, "do you want to know who took your Bible"? He had reviewed security camera footage for the time period in question, and discovered it was a lady from the cleaning service. It was quite a surprise, because Mrs CP had interacted with her a number of times, as Mrs CP gets to work early, just as the cleaning people are leaving. It was a bit of conundrum.... the lady will no doubt be fired without question if it could be proven she stole the anything from the work environment.
We talked about it, and decided to buy her a Bible, and my wife would pray about how and when (and if) to approach her. Well, yesterday was the day, and Mrs CP arrived at work just as cleaning people were finishing up, and she asked the lady - Jaio - if she would step into her office. She looked terrified and started backing away, but Mrs CP insisted it would be OK. Jaio was from China, and had only been in the US a couple years, and she kept saying "I want no trouble".
Mrs CP showed her the Bible, and said, "I'd like you to have this, because my Bible came up missing, and I know how important it is to have a Bible". (Don't know what all else was said, but suffice it to say, after tears of remorse on Jaio's part, she finally accepted the Bible and told Mrs CP "I will find yours for you".) Long story short, Jaio explained she only borrowed it over the weekend, and planned on having it back before Monday morning, but "I kept reading and reading..." Jaio seemed more worried that somebody would find out she was reading a Bible, than that somebody would find out she stole something. Mrs CP had to promise "do not tell anybody I am reading Bible".
So, just about an hour ago, I got an email from Mrs CP: "Guess what was on my desk this morning".
This could be the beginning of a beautiful (maybe even eternal) relationship!
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