A Season for Giving

Subsequently, right about the same time I met one of the greatest people ever here on the forums. I got to talking to him about my cousin and some of my knives. He bought a couple of knives and asked if I had a sheath for my last ETS SJ. I said that I did, and he said he would take that too. THen, out of the blue, he said " Contact your cousin and see if has a budy going over to Afghanistan with him that could use a good knife, and for me to send it to him.":eek::cool:

Yeah, if you havent guessed. Thats was Redbear:thumbup:

It was a shocker from left field, and one of the coolest things I've ever seen anyone do besides this great offering.

Your One in a million Bruce:thumbup:
 
Redbear- this offer is a great example of "unconditional giving". My story is a bit longer than those submitted so far. Hope others will join in on this. Look forward to reading more between now and Christmas. Here it goes:

Her name was Danyal. She lived most of her life in Baghdad. She naturally married a Muslim man. He quickly began abusing her and withholding food and needed medical care. He eventually tried to take her life by setting her on fire. She was able to escape and eventually managed to divorce him, which brought much shame to him and his family. She eventually fled to the country of Jordan to avoid his continued attempts to take her life.
Not long after that my wife and I met her at the airport when she arrived here to the United States as a refugee. She spoke no English, knew no one, and only had the few belongings that she could fit in her suitcases. Her eyes were bloodshot and filled with tears as she walked towards us in the airport. We brought her into our home and cared for her for almost two months. My wife learned to use public transportation in order to teach her how to do the same. We found the local Middle Eastern grocery stores so she could have foods she’d recognize. The experience changed our lives and we’d like to think we played a part in giving her a new start.
I understand that there are mixed feelings towards those from Middle East these days and I’m not looking to start a religious/political firestorm here. At the same time, I also understand that the day Danyal moved out of our house a few tears were shed because we had come to see each other as individual people. No conditions. Just people.
 
This is the most generous offer I have seen in a long time, forum or no forum.

I have really enjoyed the stories thus far ....just very generous, very real, I am moved.
 
I was contacted by 2 forum members here(I will leave the names out unless they contact me and say it is ok to make public) after my roommate and co-worker was ran over on duty. This assault resulted in him having a fractured pelvis, missing teeth, and other injuries that required surgery to repair. One individual sent a JRE strop and the other gave a Horton BEDC! I sent nick a picture of the BEDC today and asked if he liked it, without telling him it was his. He commented on how cool the knife was and how he wanted one. He about lost it when I told him it was his! He is recovering from surgery and walking around unassisted now. I told him that he doesn't get the knife until he is cleared for full duty and can add it to his gear :) thanks a lot guys. It means a great deal to him and I.
 
Bear you are very generous and this gesture really shows the spirit of xmas. It is nice to hear these tails of generosity, there are a lot of good people out there. I have several Hortons, so I'm not going to participate thus giving someone else a chance to acquire one of Jeremys great knifes.
 
It kinda feels strange putting this here but I was proud of my wife.

My wife was talking to her friend that has 3 kids with her boyfriend, he is pretty much a worthless bum the money he earns is his he doesn't pay bills all he does is party with the money. It was never really an issue as they pretty much are just roommates even though all 3 kids are his, she had a good job but she got really sick and lost her job and now she cannot work. Recently she has been doing some odd jobs against her dr.'s wishes to raise a liitle christmas money. Well as her luck would have it her boyfriend threw away a citation she got for having weeds in the alley, so she never went to court and got a bench warrant put out on her and ended up in jail overnight it cost her a little over $500 to clear everything up, this was the kids christmas. When my wife heard what happened she drove 7 hours and picked her up and they went shopping for her girls we discussed and decided to forego gifts for each other to do this. I wish I could see the girls' faces on Christmas morning they are going to have a good one after all. I realize there are prob. some opinions about the deadbeat and why is she with him but I will not go into much detail I will say it is ethnic and she is afraid to lose her kids, regardless of what anyone has told her. On the other hand my wife never hesitated to do what she thought was the right thing for 3 little girls that were not going to have a Christmas, guess I got a good one
Mike

It is not about winning a shop credit here I am just proud of my wife to give selflessly to someone in need. I have been blessed to have a Horton or two. Redbear the world needs more people that do GOOD. I hope everyone has a great Christmas.
 
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I corresponded with Bear and it was agreed that a set of Pumpkin Busse 1911 Grips will be added to the giveaway so a 6th winner will receive a set.
 
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity.

This is a true story.

One day in summer, when it was very hot, my wife and I went to Wal-Mart.
Our funds were tight and we were only going to get a few items that were needed.
When we got into the parking lot we saw a van broken down with a family standing
around it. They were hot and looked hungry.

We went in and found some sandwiches on sale so we decided to get them and
some drinks for those people. We gave them the food and drinks and also gave
them so tracts to read.

As I was leaving, for some reason I wanted to speak to them again, so I turned around,
and when we got to the spot they were broke down at, we found, NOTHING.
They were gone and I know there is no way they passed us and it was just less than
a minute we were away from them.

Sometimes I think the Lord just watches to see if we will do the right thing.
There have been times I have prayed for God's forgiveness if I had not done the right
thing because I was too busy to realize what I needed to do or help.
Just like everyone else sometimes I get caught up on other things and don't
always try to see things through the eyes of God.
 
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Those are great stories. The world is indeed a wonderful place. It just needs a few more knives.
 
I am an old geezer; a vet served my time 1969 -1972. I was in communications worked the same job for almost 20 years up until about 3 years ago when the bottom started to fall out of everything in Michigan. Lost my job the company’s owner had died a shortly after that his wife died and along with her my job. I collected all the unemployment I had coming submitted at least 500+ resumes and depleted all my savings. I sold all I had and gave away that which I could not sell and headed north that was over a year ago... I figured if I was going to be homeless that’s the place to be I don’t want to beg for money or food and I don’t want to sleep in a box or a ditch. At least up there I can hunt, fish; sometimes I find an odd job or two when I go out to the locals here which helps a lot but they are far and few between. I still look for work any where I can but it don’t look good here I have met others with stories just like mine some true other just out hustling. Like me the ones I met up there that are for real REFUSE TO LOSE and will go on one way or another. There is a little info about me I have been ask to post something about myself so some here can get to see who I am. Next is the story I have to share.

This is kind of and odd story but it really did happen
I am at my sisters for the holidays; about 2 days ago I borrowed her car to go to the post office. After doing my business I walked out and next to the door was even an older man with a cane all wrapped up in a scarf., I looked at him as he mumbled something to me I couldn’t understand what he was saying or I stepped closer and told him “I can’t understand you speak up” he says “would you have some change or a couple candy bars I could have I am hungry” I looked around the were no restaurants he could go eat so I asked “where you going to get something to eat around here”. He looks to his right and pointed to a super Kmart, I can go there and get cupcakes or something. I thought for a few seconds and said how about I take you to get some food (I had $20 bucks left) he said ok that would be fine. I took him up the road and got him a meal from McDonalds.
When he got into the car he started talking about the times we are in and how he thinks we were approaching the end times. I agreed with him things sure are bad and getting worse then asked where he wanted me to drop him he pointed to a big parking lot and said there is fine I have a place to sleep near there. The lot is Big so I pulled in he says thank you I said be careful and Merry Christmas and he got out. I thought a second and decided to give him $5.00 for breakfast the next morning I got out and he was gone. The lot was totally empty there was not anyone on the sidewalk in both directions at all. No building he could have enter in them few seconds no ditch he could have went to nothing and he was no where at all. I got back into the car and thought umm ok Merry Christmas and went home.

Mic
 
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Hebrews 13:2 (English Standard Version)
2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
 
I want to share this about Bruce. I had a fair price on my H&K 93 but Bruce made sure I got a "fair" price. Thanks Brother.
 
Bear, what can I say, You are a very thoughtful person indeed.
While I don't consider myself a "member" of this area I do feel that I will have a Horton knife sometime in my future.
I have played Santa Claus for 6 years now. I donate my time without asking for anything in return. I always give to the Toys for Tots. Its a magical time for the children.




(Please don't take this as distasteful)( I will gladly delete if this offends anyone)
On a side (hornry) note, growing up in southern WV, we were so poor that if I didn't wake up on Xmas with a woodie I didn't have nothing to play with all day.
 
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I knew a lady who was a single mom with four children, her husband had walked out on her and the kids. She was finding it hard to make ends meet and her older car was giving her alot of trouble. She asked some folks at the church to help her pray for a newer vehicle. That next week she was out driving with the kids and her car broke down and she was left stranded at the side of the road. She was in tears, crying, when an older couple out for a walk happened by and noticed her and the kids. The older couple ended up giving this lady a used mini-van.
 
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There are really some great story's here. I sure would not want to have to pick the winner there all good and deserve a blessing or two.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Keep looking up
Mic
 
Very inspiring to read these stories. I'm pretty sure Horton's last post means everyone that posts get's $100 towards a new knife, so keep the stories coming! Free knives for everyone!! Horton and his elves are going to be pretty busy.
 
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