>> As you know, I'm Tupper Mead [assumed spelling].
The -- actually, I went here for my Bachelor's in Human Resources.
During that time, I actually was an investment consultant.
I advised the Top Leaders' Council
and the Million Dollar Roundtable and mutual funds and annuities.
I also was an insurance agent before in 37 states across the country.
And so, I was doing very well and very success in my career.
But it was one night at a play in the Millennium Theater in Philadelphia.
I came out of a play, my wife and I,
and there was a homeless man standing outside of that play.
He was obviously homeless.
He had some stained pants lifted above his ankles.
He had a half torn blanket that wrapped around him that exposed his meatless ribs.
He had a rope that he tied around his waist to hold up his pants.
And what was amazing that night is all these people came out of this play.
They saw this man and walked right by.
My wife were -- and I were touched with compassion,
not because of who we are, but because of the crisis.
And we shared with him the Good News that night.
And I reached in my pocket, and nothing came out but lint.
My wife had 40 cents in the bottom of her pocketbook,
and we shared with him that last 40 cents.
And I said, "I wish I could do more for you."
And his reply, which was, "But you considered me," and it's like someone took the knife
and stuck it in my chest and turned it and said, "Are you really considering the poor
to the capacity that you're able to?"
And my real answer was no.
And so, he asked for a Bible, and I didn't have one to give him.
I said, "Tell me where you're going to be next week,
and I'll bring you a Bible and something to eat."
And so, the next week, we packed 40 bag lunches,
headed to inner city Philadelphia, met him on that corner.
And I'll never forget the smile that he had on his face.
Now not to put you in a twilight zone, but this was our angel.
And there's actually a text that we referenced in Hebrews 13.
It says be careful how you treat strangers
because you may be entertaining an angel unaware.
And that was our angel that night.