Wednesday, November 4, 2009

85 MILLION DOLLAR HEIST FROM EVANGELISTS' CAR

Ottawa Police are not initiating a massive search for a daring thief who, during the dark of night, broke into the car of street evangelists Paul and Kim Latour and made off with the hefty sum of $85 million cash, in 1 million dollar denominations, that the Latours secretly kept in the glove compartment of their car.

The couple were giddy and absolutely delighted when they discovered what had been stolen. They are hoping that when the thief discovers what he had taken were actually Christian gospel tracts, that he would read one of them.

And they hope when he got to the part that asks if he had ever stolen anything, that he would have "a lightbulb moment" and be convicted.

Following that, they pray that he would read on to find out how he can escape the wrath of God for doing such a dastardly deed (among the millions of his others) and be saved.

Though there were other material items the culprit could have taken (like a huge open tray of 1 and 2 dollar coins - real money - that the Latours use for parking downtown on their "fishing excursions") nothing else was stolen.

The Ottawa Police officer who took the report could not contain his laughter when he was told what the thief took. He said "The guy must have thought he hit the mother lode, and took off as fast as he could without bothering to search for anything else that might have been of value to him."

Laughter subsided, the victims are now praying for the thief that he would come to repentance and faith in Christ, and then unselfishly hand out the remaining million dollar bills to 84 of his closest friends.

They noted, saying: "God has a wonderful sense of humor!"






6 comments:

  1. I have never seen the million dollar Canadian note before; that does look super real!

    Actually, my wife and I have joked about something like this happening before.

    When we go to the supermarket or store (or where ever), I keep 20 or so MDB in my back pocket that are clearly visable. This is done for two reasons; One: easily accessible. Two: someone will usually say, "hey man, you're money is about to come out of your back pocket."

    This is when I pull out the bills and say, "Oh, thank you, here's your reward for letting me know."

    Anyway, when we get back to the car it's a little obvious that I am taking what looks like real money out of my pocket and stashing into the overhead visor.

    My wife said that someday someone is going to break into the car to try to get that money after they see me stash it up there.

    Was the car damaged from the actual break-in Paul?
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  2. Wayne:

    1) I like the pocket idea but I have learned it's a good idea to make sure how you handle "the money" in public as more devious eyes might befall you, follow you and see from where it came and where you put it.

    2)We own a Mazda M3. It came with a fault in the locking mechanism that thieves have come to know about and take easy advantage of.

    There was a recall. We had it fixed. Well, so we thought because our car was locked and the fact that there was absolutely NO damage on the door points to the fact that the fault still exists. We are very grateful for the fact nothing was damaged.

    What really puzzles me, however, is that the culprit didn't steal the "Are You Ready" cross which was readily available for him to take. I can't figure out why!!! :)
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  3. That would be an easy guy to spot on the street. LOL!! Im glad there was no damage and the gospel was spread!!
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  4. Thanks, Vernon!

    I hope I get to meet this guy in Heaven...even just to hear his testimony and howl with joy with him as we give glory to God together! :)
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  5. "God has a wonderful sense of humor!" And a wonderful plan for your life!
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  6. HA! I hope the plan includes meeting the grand thief face to face so I can give him the full gospel! What a treat that would be! :)
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