A random act of kindness from a local church brought a pizza delivery man to tears.
Jeff Louis, an employee of Gionino’s Pizzeria, a pizza chain in Ohio, was stunned when he received a $700 cash tip after delivering some pizzas to Life Point Church in Mentor, Ohio, on Nov. 22. Louis posted a video of his reaction to YouTube shortly after receiving the tip.
Louis was asked to come in a little earlier than usual to deliver the pizzas, and when he showed up at the church with the pies he was asked to bring one of the pizzas up to the pastor onstage. Confused, Louis said he was a little “weirded out,” but he obliged.
“The most amazing thing happened,” Louis said. “The whole church came up and gave me over $700 for a tip.”
“This is truly amazing, you know, I’ve been having such a hard time lately. Just struggling to stay clean and everything and I’m just trying to get my life back” Louis added in the video as he was brought to tears.
Pastor Ken Wright told USA Today, “I just thought, you know, let’s just tip him $100 tip, it’s holiday season.”
“It was just spontaneous, it just happened,” Wright added.
Redditors who claimed to know Louis described him as a good person.
While other commended the church for its actions, noting that many will criticize Louis’s ability to handle that much money with his past drug use.
“It just really, truly amazes me that people who don’t even know me wanted to help me out that much. Blessed,” Louis said as he ended the video.
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