In the Great United States of America being a Police Officer comes with many unexpected challenges and there is a narrow rope to walk between your obligatory duties and doing what is right in some situations. Under the constant watchful eye of the media, like being in a fishbowl, the job has become more and more difficult in recent years. There are too many people who are ready to hurt and be violent towards police officers, who just want to do their jobs and go home, and many who want return home to their own family safely at the end of each day. Marsha Lohens, a member of the police force, has found her true calling, being part of the police force!

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The amazing feeling of capturing the bad people of this world and helping others in need is her passion, helping those around her when things go wrong, by all accounts, she was put here on earth by a higher force! She patrolled her jurisdiction in Charleston, South Carolina, although one of her most recent encounters was so incredibly powerful that she felt obliged to share it on Facebook.

I was debating whether or not to add this photo because I didn’t want to seem like I was looking for recognition. I don’t care for that. But I think this picture my partner took is too powerful to keep hidden. And I care to show the good in police work. This is Priscilla and she is a well-known member of our community. She chooses to sit in an old rotting chair under a bridge every day. Her legs are swollen three times their normal size. She’s mentally ill. She will curse you up and down if she doesn’t like you but she is the sweetest human ever if you get on her good side. Believe me I spent many of our initial encounters asking her not to call me the ‘B’ word. I check on her regularly because she has an infection on her foot. The flesh is rotting away, it seeps liquid, and the bugs are constantly inside of it. She refuses to go to the hospital although I have called an ambulance for her several times.

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I have begged her to let me take her to the hospital but she’s so stubborn and I can’t force her. The other day I brought her bactine spray to hopefully help heal her foot and keep the bugs away. She was almost crying because she was so scared it would sting, so I had to spray it for her. I brought her hot cheetos and beef sticks, but she proceeded to yell at me for not getting her pizza. I absolutely adore this woman, y’all. She’s one of the most amazing souls I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. But as I was kneeling there cleaning her foot, I couldn’t help but think of the song ‘Who Will Be Jesus To Her?’ Sometimes it feels as if the whole world is against my Blue Family. We are hated and wished to be dead. We are called racist murderers, robots and pigs. Yet, out of the public’s eye, we get on our knees in the dirt to show love by washing the feet of those others would reject. Moments like these are the reason I am so passionate about what I do. I have never felt closer to Jesus than when I don my uniform and serve those who just need to be loved. God put me on this earth to be a police officer. And though we are despised and rejected, my heart remains at peace because I know I’m doing God’s work. As is every man and woman I proudly serve beside. This is the side of police work you don’t see. This is our every day shift. Don’t forget that we are human, and we are called to serve as well as protect. UPDATE: I went back and saw Priscilla again today because I was going to bring her medicine, and she had a bandage around her foot. I was informed that for the past month (unbeknownst to me) Charleston County EMS has been making daily checks on Priscilla while I have only been checking on her once or twice a week. I didn’t know because she takes her bandage off by the time I get on shift because it ‘gets dirty.’ But they provide her with more medical care and attention than I am able to. They also feed and clothe her (today she told me ‘don’t I look sexy in my new dress?’) I don’t know exactly who responds to her, but they are the ones who deserve the recognition. They are the real representations of Jesus and should be thanked a hundred times more than I. If anyone knows who is assigned to her, please let me know.

Officer Lohnes wasn’t obliged to pull over or help Priscilla, but she knew her work was a true calling, and God’s work! Looking after Priscilla was a big job but thankfully there were other kind souls also looking after her too, with their efforts all put together, she will get better and better! Without the work of our men and women in blue, the world would truly be a sadder place.

Plastic water bottles are so common nowadays and it’s incredibly important to recycle them responsibly, but who would have thought that it was so important to remove them from your vehicle, and your life may depend on it! A man from Idaho learned his lesson when that fateful discarded plastic water bottle in his car didn’t just make the car untidy, but it can really cause serious damage. How possibly can a water bottle be so dangerous you say? After all isn’t water good for you?

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That innocent water bottle acts just like a magnifying glass, it can concentrate the power of the sun into a fine beam of light that can start a fire frighteningly quick! All of a sudden you’re back seat or flooring are on fire, and when the fire starts it really is surprising how quickly it can engulf the whole car! Idaho Power’s employee had a glimpse of this scarey experience and so the company decided to raise awareness and share the story on Facebook. Many people were not aware of this danger and the video has had 1000’s of views and 100’s of shares!

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The technician, called Dioni Amuchastegu, was in his truck on a lunch break when he noticed smoke out of the corner of his eye, but he was unaware of the true gravity of the situation. As he looked carefully he saw the water bottle concentrating the sunlight to the point of burning the passenger seat.

Light was just shining through the driver’s side window and shone right through (the water bottle) and burned those two spots in the seat right there.

The seat was incredibly close to setting on fire!

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The two burnt and blackened holes in the technicians seat show that without a doubt this unexpected accident was the result of simply leaving a water bottle laying in the vehicle.

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Many people have commented about the Facebook post and this unexpected occurrence, before this I bet none of them had even considered this could happen, a water bottle starting a fire in your vehicle, who would have thought it right?

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See for yourself that plain plastic water bottle really can cause a grave problem.

A Russian Man by the name of Slava, whilst driving his car one day saw something weird on the road in front of him. It was a cold snowy day being the third day of January (2017), he was reported to say;

I thought it was an animal and it must be freezing in this weather

The frozen fur ball was in fact a kitten crying for help, but cars kept passing without paying any attention to it. Slava said;

It was very cold, so I wrapped her up in a towel and brought her back to my car. I turned up the heat to full capacity to help remove the frost on her coat

Slava then took the fur ball of a kitten home with him and dug out some warm soft blankets, a lamp, and a small radiator, the cat who he decided to call “Nika” was showing her appreciation, she could not stop pushing herself against Slava affectionately, purring contently and constantly. He took her to the vet to get her checked out properly and unfortunately she had to have her tail amputated!

She knew that we were trying to help. She was patient, did not complain and was very sweet the whole time

Nika really is one happy content cat with an amazing home with Slava, who dotes over her, and what an amazing day they both found each other. It just goes to show that a cold winter’s day can ultimately bring joy in the most unexpected ways! Slava, a Russian man saw something in the road while he was driving… “I thought it was an animal and it must be freezing in this weather” Many cars passed but Slava was the only one to discover it was a kitty cat! “It was very cold, so I wrapped her up in a towel and brought her back to my car” Then, took her home with him and dug out some warm soft blankets, a lamp, and a small radiator The cat he called Nika saw the vet and they amputated her frostbitten tail “She knew that we were trying to help. She was patient, did not complain and was very sweet the whole time” Nika really is one happy content cat with an amazing home with Slava, who dotes over her! It just goes to show that a cold winter’s day can ultimately bring joy in the most unexpected ways! Watch the video here:

Chauncey Black, a starving 16 year old teenager, was going to do something bold, something he had never done before, but desperate times require desperate measures so he thought hard and long about a solution to his problem, he had to do something! Chauncey scrimped his little money together to buy a bus pass to get him to the “rich” part of town, with no money to his name and empty pockets he caught the bus and made his way to the Highland Kroger. Once inside the grocery store he approached strangers to ask one simple request, he asked to carry their shopping to the car, and in payment he just wanted a pack of donuts, this simple request turned out to change his life!

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The teenager was in a position most of us couldn’t conceive having to live with. He had a home with his mother, but he didn’t have anything at all to eat, he was completely starved. He felt his only option was to offer work in exchange for food and picking a Kroger grocery store in an affluent neighborhood seemed a logical choice, he never knew that a chance encounter would forever change his life. Well, while inside the grocery store, one stranger he asked was Matt White, this kind stranger was moved by the bold ingenuity of this young man. He said:

This kid looked like he had been turned down 100 times. He looked ashamed, hungry and broken. In my heart I screamed a loud “yes!”, but to him I just chuckled and said, “yeah dude, we’ll get you some donuts.

Matt discovered quickly that the teenager didn’t have a phone, just a bus pass and a hungry mother waiting for him at home, completely depending on the kindness of a stranger to help him before the bus would take him home in the hour.

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Matt wasn’t prepared to just give the teen some donuts, he really needed a helping hand, so what was he going to do? Well, he loaded up the shopping cart with all sorts of goodies Chauncy could take back home to his mother.

So, needless to say, he and I went on a shopping spree. We had so much fun! We got cereal and chips and frozen veggies, pizzas, Cheetos, melons and pasta, peanut butter, milk, soap, toothbrushes, just a little bit of everything.

During the time Matt spent with the teenager he found out that Chauncy was a straight-A student and was trying to get a job to help his mom pay the rent, and besides the rough start he had been unfortunate to experience he had ambitious dreams of helping others that were also in need.

This kid was amazing. Chauncy kept calling himself poor, but he told me that one day he was gonna be wealthy and own his own businesses so that he could help other people in his neighborhood and buy them groceries like me. I was in awe.

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I gave him a ride home so that he didn’t have to take the bus and when we got to his house I was truly humbled. He wasn’t kidding. He and his mom had nothing. They didn’t even have beds or furniture. They were sleeping on pads made out of sleeping bags, they had two lamps and nothing in their fridge.

Matt saw that Chauncy’s mom was very ill and fragile, she shook uncontrollably and she had great difficulty walking.

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Chauncy and Matt were unpacking the groceries when Matt saw hope come back into Chauncy’s eyes!

As I was leaving I gave him a hug and told him how much God loved him and that he was going to grow up to be an incredible man. I’ll never forget that hug. It meant more to me than any possession I have.

That “goodbye” however wasn’t really the end of this amazing story. Matt setup a GoFundMe account to help raise money for all the necessities that the family desperately needed. Chauncy was ashamed of his tattered clothes and needed pants for his mom, he also needed a $10 Ross gift card for himself, but he actually got an incredible $341K raised in response to this family’s basic needs. Finally Chauncy could purchase the equipment he needed to start his own lawn mowing business, now he can finally get a real bed to sleep in.

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See the video to get more insights about Chauncy’s incredible story! Matt not only helped Chauncy and his mother, but the response from social media was incredible as well. Despite a huge amount of money was raised on his behalf, Chauncy still wanted to start his own business so that he could finally be self-sufficient and help others!