Act of kindness: Ohio church wows pizza driver with tip of a lifetime
A church in Pickerington, Ohio, surprised their Domino pizza delivery driver with an unexpectedly large gift.
When Domino's driver Natasha Boyer delivered a pizza to Sycamore Creek Church in Pickerington, Ohio, last week, she had no idea what was waiting for her.
When she arrived at the church on Oct. 4,聽the church鈥檚 lead pastor Steve Markle called her up on stage before the congregation of several hundred people.聽Reverend Markle then asked Ms. Boyer about the biggest tip she had ever received. She answered that it had been about $10.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been teaching our church this last month about being generous, and so we did something special for you today. We took up a special offering for a tip for you,鈥� Markle responded.
When Markle handed Boyer $1,046 in cash, she put her hand on her heart and began to cry.
鈥淭hey saved me,鈥� Boyer told聽. 鈥淕od saved me from losing my place. I mean it was truly the biggest blessing that I鈥檝e ever received.鈥�
Boyer told NBC 4 that she works about 55 hours a week as an assistant manager at a local Dominos, but she hasn鈥檛 been paid for several days of work because an illness forced her to stay home.聽
Boyer said she was behind on rent, and the gift allowed her to pay her rent and late fee, keeping the house where she lives with her son.
鈥淛ust to know that it blessed (her) in that way and helped somebody that had a true need 鈥� boy that means so much to us and we鈥檙e just so thankful that it happened for (Boyer),鈥� Markle told聽聽in Columbus, Ohio.
Markle also told NBC 4 that while the gift was a random act of kindness, it was God鈥檚 plan to give Boyer the large tip. and uploaded on YouTube. .
鈥淥ur goal was just to bless somebody鈥檚 life and to show generosity but it鈥檚 being shown and a lot of people are sharing it and we appreciate that,鈥� the pastor聽. 鈥淲e want to just encourage more people to think about how they can be generous to others.鈥�