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In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy was busily working when a new
voice came over the intercom asking for a carryout at Checkstand #4.
Kurtis was almost finished and wanted to get some fresh air and decided
to answer the call. As he approached the checkout stand, a distant smile
caught his eye. The new checkout girl was beautiful! She was an older
woman (maybe 26 - he was only 22) and he immediately fell in love.

Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the time clock
to find out her name. She came into the break room and smiled softly
at him as she took her card and punched out and left. He looked at her
card. BRENDA! He walked out only to see her start walking up the road.

The next day he waited outside as she left the supermarket and offered
her a ride home. He looked harmless enough and she accepted. When he
dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of
work. She simply said it wasn't possible. He pressed her and she explained
she had two children and couldn't afford a babysitter. So he offered to
pay for the babysitter. She reluctantly accepted his offer for a date the
following Saturday.

That Saturday night when he arrived at her door, Brenda informed him that
she was unable to go out with him. The babysitter had called and canceled.
Kurtis simply replied, "Well, let's take the kids with us." She tried to
explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking
no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda brought him inside to meet
her children.

She had an older daughter who was very cute, Kurtis thought. Then Brenda
brought out her son, who was in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic
with Down's Syndrome. Kurtis said to Brenda, "I still don't understand
why the kids can't come with us." Brenda was amazed. Most men would run
away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities, which
is what her first husband and the other child's father had done.

That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the
movies. When her son needed anything, Kurtis would take care of him,
even picking him up out of his wheelchair and carrying him to the restroom.
The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening Brenda knew this was the
man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with.

A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children
and have added two more children to the family.

So what happened to the stock boy and checkout girl? Well, Mr & Mrs. Kurt
Warner live in St. Louis where he is employed by the St. Louis Rams and
was the starting Quarterback in a recent Super Bowl.



Anyone claiming to be a Christian should carefully consider the love that
is portrayed in this story!

Then remember the words of Jesus: "A new commandment
I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also
love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if
you have love one to another."
John 13: 34, 35
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the story: from the SCUTTLEBUTT newsletter
First Marine Division Association ( Evergreen Chapter )
Seattle, Washington |

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