by Banke Bihari Dasi (Burnaby, BC, Canada)

Once while I was out doing books I noticed a man staring at me. He made me so nervous that I was very careful not to make eye contact with him, let alone try to preach to him. He stood near the bus stop -- but he never got on a bus! As nightfall approached I couldn't believe he was still standing in the same spot. I kept glancing at him out of the corner of my eye because I thought he was kind of scary.

Then Krsna played a trick on me. I walked over to a man who I thought was someone else, but somehow I ended up right in front of the man I was trying to avoid! I started to panic. I warily lifted up a hard-cover Bhagavad-gita, but before I could speak he said, "You know what?" I thought he was going to blast me, but instead he said, "When I woke up this morning I told the Lord that I wanted to surrender to Him. I think He sent you to me."

I could hardly believe what I just heard. He went on to explain how he had spent so much time trying to make sense of his life but had failed. We talked for a very long time. Then he gave me a nice donation. He said he was leaving the next morning for Alberta to work on the oil rigs and was happy to be able to take the Bhagavad-gita with him.