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| A church was in serious financial trouble. The pastor prayed for help, and felt led to the church storeroom where he discovered several cartons of brand-new Bibles! After his Sunday sermon, he asked for three volunteers who would sell the Bibles door-to-door for $10 each to raise some desperately-needed money for the church. Jack, Paul, and Louie all volunteered. The pastor knew that Jack and Paul were salesmen. But he had serious doubts about Louie, a local farmer, who had always kept to himself because he was embarrassed by his speech impediment. Louie stuttered badly, but the pastor decided to let him try, anyway. After the church prayed for them, the three men left with their vehicles filled with Bibles. The following Sunday, the pastor asked Jack, "Well, Jack, how did you make out selling our Bibles last week?" Proudly handing over an envelope, Jack replied, "Using my sales prowess, I was able to sell 20 Bibles. Here's the $200 I collected on behalf of the church." "Fine job, Jack! said the pastor. "You are indeed a fine salesman and the church appreciates your service." Turning to Paul, he asked, "and Paul, how many Bibles did you sell for the church?" Paul, smiling and sticking out his chest, confidently replied, "I am a professional salesman. I sold 28 Bibles for the church, and here's $280 I collected." The pastor responded, "That's absolutely splendid, Paul. You are truly a professional salesman and the church appreciates your good work." Apprehensively, the pastor turned to Louie and said, "And Louie, did you manage to sell any Bibles last week?" Louie silently offered him a large envelope. The pastor opened it and counted the contents. "What is this? Louie, there's $3,200 in here! Did you sell 320 Bibles for the church, door to door, in just one week?" Louie just nodded. That's impossible!" both Jack and Paul said in unison. "We are professional salesmen, yet you claim to have sold 10 times as many Bibles as we could." "Yes, this does seem unlikely," the pastor agreed. "Would you explain how you managed to accomplish this, Louie?" Louie shrugged. "I-I-I re-re-really do-do-don't kn-kn-know f-f-f-for sh-sh-sh-sure," he stammered. Impatiently, Peter interrupted. "For crying out loud, Louie, just tell us what you said to them when they answered the door!" "A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was," Louis replied, "W-w-w-w-would y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to b-b-b-buy th-th-th-this B-B-B-B-Bible f-f-for t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks -- o-o-o-or -- wo-wo-would y-y-y-you j-j-j-just l-like m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand h-h-here and r-r-r-r-r-read it t-to y-y-you?" |
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