Like any concerned father, Vaughaligan Walwyn was less than happy to hear his son and daughter were being bullied at school.
But like any preacher, Vaughaligan knew turning to violence or anger was not an option. So he asked his children — Phoenix, 8, and Kingston, 7 — to do the unthinkable.
"I sat back and was like, I don't want to have to take my shirt off and meet [the bully] at the bus stop, you know what I mean," Vaughaliagan said.
"So, I prayed about it and God said, 'You know what, let's get this kid a bible. Tell him Jesus loves him and invite him to church and see what happens.' "
In times of chaos, the bible is sometimes the only thing that survives. The bully teased Phoenix and Kingston on the school bus for weeks. The children felt tormented.
"It made me feel like I wanted to yell at him," Phoenix said.
"I wanted to say [something] back to him," Kingston said.
Nevertheless, in a home where every member of the Walwyn family has a bible, the children were taught to turn the other cheek. One fateful day they handed their bully a bible and walked away.
By the end of the school bus ride, the bully apologized for all the names he had called them, and the rest is history.
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