{"id":92483,"date":"2016-07-15T16:19:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/15\/whos-ready-for-another-heartwarming-pokemon-go\/"},"modified":"2016-07-15T16:19:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T16:19:04","slug":"whos-ready-for-another-heartwarming-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/07\/15\/whos-ready-for-another-heartwarming-pokemon-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s ready for another heartwarming Pokemon Go story?"},"content":{"rendered":"

anotherwellkeptsecret<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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So I\u2019m on my way to work. I noticed a day or so ago that a little church nearby was a PokeStop so I make sure to turn on the app and divert into the church parking lot to collect some pokeballs and maybe some other items. <\/p>\n

I see something out of the corner of my eye. I look up and there\u2019s a woman in a red dress at the front doors of the church. She looks very worried. I idle closer and ask, \u201cAre you okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you work here? Or go to church here?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d I answer. I decide not to elaborate why I\u2019m actually there. \u201cBut can I help?\u201d<\/p>\n

She proceeds to tell me that her daughter had a flat tire on her way home from Nashville and she was trying to get some financial help from the church for the wrecker service, but nobody was in. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow much do you need?\u201d I ask.<\/p>\n

\u201cForty three dollars.\u201d She starts to tear up. \u201cI have an honest job, I just need help. You probably think I\u2019m crazy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo!\u201d I assure her. Because what would she think if she knew I was driving around a church I don\u2019t attend looking for a particularly elusive Golbat and hopefully a PokeEgg? \u201cI don\u2019t have any cash on me, but I live fairly close. I\u2019ll be right back.\u201d <\/p>\n

I go home, collect some money (catching the Golbat I was looking for in the process!), and return with fifty dollars and a big smile. What are the odds? <\/p>\n

\u201cThis was God\u2019s work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Divine intervention or Pokemon Go or both, I have to say that I never would have seen her there had I not been playing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

anotherwellkeptsecret: So I\u2019m on my way to work. I noticed a day or so ago that a little church nearby was a PokeStop so I make sure to turn on the app and divert into the church parking lot to collect some pokeballs and maybe some other items. I see something out of the corner … <\/p>\n

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