A school bus driver in Texas purchase Christmas presents for each child on his route by using funds that he saved as a means of fulfilling his “mission from God.”
Lake Highlands Elementary School students were caught by surprise when Curtis Jenkins arrived in a bus full of Christmas gifts. Thrilled by what they saw, one student wondered if Jenkins was Santa Claus.
“I’m not at a job, I’m on a mission from God,” Jenkins mentioned to the Dallas-Fort Worth NBC affiliate. “I don’t say anything about religion to the kids. I just let them know whatever they love is fine with me, just love somebody on the way.”
Jenkins stated his position also provides him with a chance to let every child know that they are valued and loved. The presents he handed out the students included puzzles, electronics, games and even a bike.
“Seeing the faces of those kids was more than anything that I could ever do with the money,” Jenkins proclaimed.
“We talked about the things that they would want and I made a mental note of it and wrote it down,” he mentioned.
Eleven-year-old Ethan Ingle, one of the 70 kids who were given a present from Jenkins, was delighted to receive a pair of headphones in red, his favorite color.
“It makes me feel like I belong and I mean something to this community,” declared Ethan’s mother, Katrina Clift,…
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