Randall Gallaway

Tuesday night I was working at Cracker Barrel and Randall Gallaway came and sat in my section. I immediately noticed who he was remembering that he had spoken at one of my high school chapels. The most striking things about Randall are his hands. Upon seeing him for the first time in high school I was somewhat shocked to see that he had one mechanical and attached to place his right hand would have been and a pinching hook mechanism attached to the place where his left hand would have been. In high school I had heard his testimony of surviving 13,500 volt shock and 38 surgeries. Since that time he has become a successful motivational speaker and has recently taken a job as leading and training mission teams for short term mission trips.

When I walked up to him and had introduced myself and reminded him of the time he had spoken in chapel he told me of a problem he had. He said that he had been driving to the Dallas and the air conditioner had dried out his eyes and he was unable to drop eye drops in his own eyes. He told me he had been praying for a place to stop for dinner where someone could help him with his eye drops and he just happened to stop at Cracker Barrel and sit in my section. I gladly helped him with his situation, took his drink and food order only after promising to come back for more discussion. When I finally had a moment to again talk to him I explained to him about my life in Abilene and Hardin-Simmons. I told him of the calling on my life to pastor and that I had been on short term mission trips recently.

It was a nice conversation but nothing extraordinary, just a nice conversation between old acquaintances. I told him goodbye and wished him well in his trip to Dallas and the Lord's blessing over his ministry. When I returned to his table to bus the dishes and clean it for the next quest I noticed that he had left two twenty dollar bills on the table. In my six years of waiting tables this the second largest amount I had ever received. At first I was overjoyed with the abundant provisions the Lord had blessed me with but as the night went on I felt the Lord leading me to an opportunity to bless someone else.


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