Soul Action: AOK Day

your stories...

Here's the stories that you've sent in over the past year or so! They are great! Have a read to see what other's are up to, have a chuckle, be inspired and send in your own stories, missions and ideas!

If you want to send in your stories you can wit the FORM HERE... and if you'd like to appear in our AOK Tattoo gallery over there then read the info on THIS PAGE...

AOK DAY WEEK 31: 1-7 October
Mission: Help someone with their homework!

Name: Rachel
Location: Liverpool
I made my brother a card... he really liked it!

Name: Molly
Location: Burton
I texted a friend a bible verse and it went really well! My friend asked me where it was from and I said the bible and it made her day!

Name: Stephanie
Location: London
I've been doing AOK day since Soul Survivor '07 and have been seeing how great it is to see the suprise and thanks you can get from people! I mentioned trying it out in my school to my head of 6th form and she loved the idea! We're now getting the whole 6th form involved each week and doing Acts of Kindness to the rest of the school(they won't know its planned so it's still in secret like God asks) just on a larger scale! Lets pray it all goes well!

Name: Joanna
Location: Cardiff
I helped someone who doesnt like me at school give out the folders. She was holding this huge box of folders and struggling, so I said to her, 'would you like a hand giving those out?' She looked well shocked, because she doesnt like me, and assumed that I didnt like her. I hope that it made her think a little different, and it also helped me realise that people dont bite!

AOK DAY WEEK 30: 24 -30 September
Mission: Give compliments to the chef... even if it's your Mum or Dad!

Name: Laura
Location: Versailles
I texted a friend who I haven't spoken to in a while, saying how amazing she was, and she emailed me saying 'I got a really weird text from you, was it for me?' and when I said it was she was like 'Wow thanks! Why did you say all those nice things about me! and I love you too!' Thoroughly rewarding! AOK DAY WEEK 29: 17 -23 September
Mission: Leave some stamps taped to a postbox!

Name: Naomi
Location: Dorchester
I left the stamps in the morning before I went to school, and when I got home the book of stamps had gone.

Name: Samuel
Location: Stoke on Trent
I bought a 6 pack of Dr Pepper and a 6 pack of Pepsi, walked around Festival Park on a hot day and gave 7 of them out to any one who wanted one (most were in favour of the pepsi). It was something I have wanted to do for years and the AOK day scheme just set fire to the wick. I found a diabetic, talked to someone who didn't want a can anyway and thouroughly enjoyed it!

Name: Lucy
Location: Southampton
I just sent my friends the texts telling them what I think is awsome about them, I'm a lil nervous that they will think I'm crazy as I deliberatly chose people I dont hang about with much and who arent christian... I think in college monday I'm gunna have some explaing to do!!!

AOK DAY WEEK 28: 10 -16 September
Mission: Share your lunch with someone who is nearby!


Name: Faye
Location: Swindon
I shared my lunch with someone nearby. It went really well and they enjoied the soup!

Name: Jan
Location: Isle of Wight
I'm a head of year and have launched AOK with my new year group, they are really getting into it and I have an AOK rep who will be logging onto your website each week to print off the next task for the noticeboard! I'm hoping he will laso forward their stories to you in due course.

Name: Brenna
Location: Tring
Well I read about the sharing your lunch idea, but that day I didn't bring any soooo I saw a girl with her friends in the lunch queue, and I could tell she was a year below me. I asked if she was in the queue, and if she had eaten and she said no. She was really surprised when I gave her money for some lunch, my friend wanted to join in so contributed 40p. I think at my school everyone will know every week it's my AOK day and start asking me for favours!

Name: Steve
Location: Portishead
I made my elderley next door neighbour a cake for her birthday, she's a very old widow and lives alone and is very lonely, I, my girlfriend, brother and mum went round and took her the cake and ate it with her, it was lovely

AOK DAY WEEK 27: 3 - 9 September
Mission: Text three of your mates to tell them what you think is really good about them.

Name: Bex
Location: Bristol
I texted three friends to say somthing encouraging. They really loved it! They all thought it was really sweet and it really boosted their self confidence!

Name: Luke
Location: Ash
After being in a fight with a previous good friend, with whom I havent had an actual conversation with in 2 months, I decided she would be a good person to text.
And she replied thanking me, which suprised me so much that she would even reply. The other 2 I have had no response from as of yet, but with this aside I am glad to have pushed the 'send' button.

Name: Catriona
Location: Biggleswade
OK so it was the wrong week and it wasn't even a Friday but I did go and buy two bars of chocolate from my local shop and gave one to the lady who served me.  She tried to protest saying 'you don't even know me' but she seemed quite grateful because she was all on her own in the shop.  Walking home, my bar of chocolate never tasted so good!

AOK DAY WEEK 26: 27 August - 2 September
Mission: Help an old lady cross the road... or just do something nice for an older person you know, like phone your gran to see how she's doing!

Name: Rose
Location: Nottingham
It went fab! An elderly lady was really struggling to see the bus time table and then couldnt really see how to get on the bus!bless her... so I told her the time the bus was coming and then asked if she need assistance... she seemed really chuffed that a teenager was willing to help her out!

AOK DAY WEEK 25: 20-26 August
Mission: Do something nice for your bin men (e.g. make them a nice cuppa!)

Name: Bethan
Location: Woking
This was the first AOK I've done; I decided to make some chocolate chip cookies for my bin men and then I put them in a tub.  I wrote a note and stuck it on the wheelie bin and then left the box behind our hedge.  I set my alarm so that i could spy on them through a little hole in my curtains... they took the cookies!! I just i hope I didn't poison them...

Name: Julie
Location: North Wales
I did my first AOK today after hearing about it at Soul Survivor Cheshire - left a box of chocolates in with the recycling box - my husband heard them find it - they sounded surprised!

Name: Abi
Location: Ipswich
I gave out cake to random people to make their day, at Soul Survivor. It went really well, people enjoyed the fact that they where getting free cake, and it was really fun!

Name: Stacey
Location: South Wales
At Soul Survivor week B we had different AOK tasks to do over the week. On day 5 of our awesome week the task was to say something nice to the food/cafe staff. On this particular night all the cakes in the Tool Shed cafe were half price so I decided to buy the guy that served me a cake... He was soo happy he gave me a hug!

Name: Daniel
Location: Llanelli
I bought my sister a bar of chocolate. It went well she was really pleased and loved the chocolate bar.

AOK DAY WEEK 24: 13-19 August
Mission: Buy a chocolate bar and then give it to the shopkeeper who served you.

Name: Emily
Location: Manchester
I had bought some packets of chocolate bars and the lady said that they were her favourite so i then when back and gave her one. She was so pleased.

Name: Budhi
Location: Doncaster
I gave someone a free bar of chocolate and they said "is it mouldy? have you stolen it?". I said "no" and then she said "aw thanks i will eat it after work. Thank you very much"

Name: Emily
Location: Nottingham
I gave a chocolate bar to the guy behind the counter. They seemed to be shocked at what I said and asked me to repeat, but then she said thank you very much and seemed rather happy!

Name: Hayley
Location: Blackpool
Bus drivers have reputation in Blackpool for being mean and the buses are always a place of stress for everyone! Today I decided to change that. Whilst on a trip to visit my gran I gave the bus drivers on the way there and back a Mars bar. I also gave a girl some money when a she didn't have enough money to go where she wanted! She was very shocked and just kept saying thank you...how fun!

Name: Keziah
Location: Stratford Upon Avon
We collected trolleys at night in a tescos supermarket car park. We cleared a large area of trolleys but were then asked to see the manager by the security guard. Me and my 3 mates went inside expecting to be banned from tescos forever, but they gave us some cakes to say thankyou!

Name: Dan
Location: Isle of Wight
I bought a chocolate bar in Summerfields and attempted to give it to the check out person, she refused. Then I tried to give it away to a crowd of people in HMV, none of them wanted it... I then tried for the last time to give it to a random person on the street. He finally accepted. Its amazing that people are so scared of stuff thats free with no strings atached.

Name: Elle
Location: Kent
I gave my umbrella to a homeless man in the pouring rain. He was so pleased as his had just broken. He asked if I was a christian, I said yes and we talked a bit about God. mean while it was still chucking it down and I got drenched but it was worth it just to see him so happy!!!

AOK DAY WEEK 23: 6-12 August
Mission: Leave 30p in a phone box so someone else can make a free call...

Name: Catherine
Location: Manchester
I bought a can of coke for someone else. They were a bit shocked but thanked me.

Name: Chris
Location: Stockport
I was at a castle with some relatives and I spent the day with a cousin who usually gets left out. I think our relationship deepened, which is really good.

Name: Blu
Location: Burton on Trent
I was at soul suvivor in Cheshire and we made extra pudding. A couple of us handed them out to people passing by. It was really fun!

Name: Molly
Location: Burton upon Trent
I gave somebody a good comment about their hair. They were really pleased and thanked me!

Name: Sam
Location: Nuneaton

At a toll booth on the motorway I paid the charge for the vehicle behind me. It was amazing! They drove past and the minibus was full of little children waving back at us to say thank you!

AOK DAY WEEK 22: 30 July - 5 August
Mission: Do a bit of random cleaning or tidying around the house!

Name: Emilie
Location: Bradford
I tidied the house for my mum one afternoon when guests were arriving that night and she arrived home from a stressful day at work and saw the tidy house and was so pleased. I love her lots! Also the lollies thing, on a streetreach program in belfast we handed out jelly babies and lollies to people and painted their faces. I'm now a butterfly expert!!

AOK DAY WEEK 20: 16 - 22 July
Mission: Buy a bag of lollipops and give them out throughout the day...

Name: Alice
Location: New Wine North!
We gave out ice creams to all the stewards who were manning the gates on the day off at New Wine North They all seemed pleased and surprised.  It was good fun and a great way to thank them for working so hard.

Name: Lucy
Location: Nottingham
Whilst visiting my sister in Nottingham last week, I saw a man picking up the litter and had a sudden urge to thank him for keeping our streets tidy.

AOK DAY WEEK 18: 2 - 8 July
Mission: Offer to pray for someone you know...

Name: Daphne
Location: Hope this doesn't sound like boasting ( let him who boasts boast in the Lord) but in the last six months or so,  I've been offering to pray for someone's need ( not just illness) more and more and GUESS WHAT ... 1. people do want to be prayed for and 2. the Lord never fails in answering...isn't He amazing!! BUT why should I be surprised after all He is almighty God, the  Creator and Sustainer of all there is... .and,  even more amazingly, He chooses to dwelll in me! Immanuel indeed.

AOK DAY WEEK 15: 11 - 17 June
Mission: Be a bit greener and re use some shopping bags...

Name: Simon
Location: Bromley
I did the 'tell someone their ace' mission. It was top, I think I said it to 11 people. They all smiled, so yeah it was class.

AOK DAY WEEK 14: 4 - 10June
Mission: In a downpour share an umbrella with someone who's getting wet!

Name: Liza
Location: Watford
I didn't share an umbrella, but I had a spare one in my car that I gave to a friend when it started raining and she had to leave. I think she was pleased!

AOK DAY WEEK 13: 28 may - 3 June
Mission: When you're next at the cinema buy a big bag of sweets and share it round to everyone

Name: Laura
Location: Stanford
An AOK we tried here in Stamford was to buy a big bag of sweets at the cinema and just send them off round the audience for all to enjoy!!! It kind of worked but did end up back with us a couple of times so we just sent
them off in a different direction!

AOK WEEK 12: 21 - 27 May
Mission: Sign a petition!

Name: Helen
Location: Essex
I emailed my MP and two MEPs about the bad treatment of Pakistani and Vietnamese Christians. I don't know how it went yet - I only did it today, but I've done it before and my MP always replies whereas the MEPs usually don't!

AOK Day Mission: Buying some chips!
Date Reported: 6th November
AOK Agent: Lydia from Burton
Summary of Mission:
We were going to the chip shop and my friend was with me we were going to take her home as her mum was doing exams and was getting a bit strested so me and my dad decided to help her mum and buy them all chips she was really thankful.

AOK Day Mission: Giving out some compliments
Date Reported: 11th October
AOK Agent: Fiona from Nottingham
Summary of Mission:
Well I was on the bus and this really quiet girl who has no friends got on....I moved over to let her sit next to me and she smiled. I thought "WOW she has a nice smile" and just then God told me to tell her she did. I plucked up the courage and she was so supprised and pleased she grined all over again even more cool!

AOK Day Mission: Helping out a mate AND a random neighbour
Date Reported: 27th September
AOK Agent: Becky from Kendall
Summary of Mission:
Me and my mate were on our way to school when on a FREEZING day when I saw a friend half way through her paper round. The metal handle on the paper trolley was making her hands feel sub-zero temperatures so I gave her my gloves! She was really pleased and thought they were a real life-saver!

Another time was when me and my mates were walking down our road when we saw this lady knock over all her bins as she tried to reverse out of her driveway. We all rushed forward to help her out and pick them up. She was so surprised and thankful that she stared with a smile and couldn't speak at first!

AOK Day Mission: Helping an elderly person with some gardening!
Date Reported: 24th September
AOK Agent: Sarah from Essex
Summary of Mission:
I didn't really do much just cut back a few hedges and made the garden look a lot tidier with the help of my parents and younger brother. She really appreciated it as we stayed out to finish it even though the weather wasn't that great.

AOK Day Mission: Give away a nice bit of cake!
Date Reported: 18th September
AOK Agent: Jack from Suffolk
Summary of Mission:
I bought a cake in M&S and went round the park looking for someone to give it to. I eventually found a man sitting on a bench on his own. I went and offered him the cake I had. At first he refused, but then he changed his mind and took it. He was amazed that I wanted to do something like that to him. I said I thought he looked like he needed one, and that Jesus would too.

AOK Day week 71: 7-13 July
Mission: Give away soemthing you don't use anymore...

Name: Stuart
Location: UK
I gave something I don't use to someone who will use it... it went great! I gave my CD to my brother who's copy broke!

AOK Day week 68: 16-22 June
Mission: Wash a neighbour, family member or mates car without them knowing!

Name: Natasha
Location: Hampshire
I bought a bag of lollipops and gave them out throughout the day. I know this was ages ago but my friends still talk about it, and now I'm nicknmed "The Lollipop Lady!" I think I might even do it again..

AOK Day week 66: 2-8 June
Mission: Do some washing up... whether you're at home, work or even a mates house!


Name: Jen
Location: Camberley
I helped a homeless person! I was walking to the train station after work and I saw a man sitting by a shop begging. He only had about 30p that he had collected. I have been told not to give money to homeless people, so I thought a drink or some food would benefit him more. I ran to the nearest news agents and got a drink and some food and gave it to the man. He was over whelmed. He was so grateful. He smiled and said thank you, and I left saying "God bless you".

AOK Day week 64: 12-18 May
Mission: Practice the art of listening and be interested in what people say by asking more questions than you answer in a conversation...

Name: Jane
Location: Andover
Ok so i know this was yonks ago and I didn't actually do this because I knew about it, but one of the people I work with is a mother and thinks she's fat...  but she soooo isn't. I keep having an on going argument with her telling her she's not fat, she never believes me, but I always hope that it makes her feel a tiny bit better about herself!


AOK Day week 63: 5-11 May
Mission: Be chivalrous and hold the door open for someone!

Name: Sarah
Location: Warwickshire
At School I opened the door for about 5 mins and the amount of students and teachers who walked past, and were so surprised that they forgot to say thank you!!

AOK Day week 62: 28 April - 4 May
Mission: Be encouraging and tell your boss, teacher, lecturer or parent that you think they do a good job!

Name: Emma
Location: Cardiff
In our youth housegroup the other day, we all thought of someone who has encouraged us in our walk with Jesus (or just in general) at some point in our lives and wrote them a thank you card. It was great to let these people know how important they've been to us, whether they realised it or not. Lovely!

Name: Natalie
Location: Southend-On-Sea
My old form tutor helped me out with my English Language coursework because I had no idea what I was doing, so to say thank I bought her a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates. That made her all smiley, which was pretty cool!


AOK Day week 60: 7 - 14 April
Mission: Leave 40p in a phone box so someone can make a call when they need to!

Name: Steve
Location: Portishead, Bristol
Our Christian Union at school gave out nearly a thousand cream eggs the week before Easter and it was great! They went really, really quickly and people were very curious as to why we were giving them out!

AOK Day week 59: 31 March - 6 April
Mission: When travelling on public transport, offer your seat to someone....

Name: L
Location: Devon
Well, in Devon there aren't many buses, and when there are, there aren't enough people to have to give your seat up. So instead, I went and sat next to a girl who was by herself at school today. Made both of us feel a bit better :) My job is done for this week...

Name: Emma
Location: Devon
I helped an old lady reach something from a high shelf in the super market. She was happy and said that she normanlly just gives up trying as she can't reach!

AOK Day week 55: 3-9 March
Mission: Buy a decent paper and post it through a neighbours door!

Name: Kate
Location: Southampton
I don't drive so have to carry shopping everywhere, when you have potatoes it's heavy! So today I was walking behind this lady who kept swapping her shopping from one hand to another... I knew the stress, so asked if she would like me to take a  bag. I did and we chatted for about a mile til we got to her house. She didn't speak English very well, and looked slightly bemused - but I think it was all good!!

Name: Kimberley
Location: London
I was walking home with one of my friends, and I saw this women struggling to carry her shopping. I knew she needed help, and I told my friend that we should help her, and she was like 'no' because its so uncool. I still felt that I should help her because if I was struggling to hold a few bags i would really appreciate it,  if someone could help me aswell. So in the end, I helped her and so did my friend. We carried her shopping all the way to her house. We didnt get anything, but it still felt good giving someone a helping hand.

AOK Day week 51: 4-10 Feb
Mission: Buy a bag of lollies and give them out throughout the day!


Name: Jen
Location: Surrey
It was really fun! I bought a bag of lollies, mints and foam fruits and took them to school with me. The lollies went pretty fast! They cheered everyone up! :)

AOK Day week 50: 28 Jan - 3 Feb
Mission: If you walk by a homeless person stop to chat and buy them a cuppa!

Name: Chris
Location: Liverpool
I was walking back to my halls of residence at uni a different way to what I normally do thinking how I was going to have to miss AOK day because I was busy all day, but as I was walking home a guy asked me for some money. 

I asked him if he wanted something to eat and drink, he asked for a pasty and a cup of tea, which I then got him with a bag of crisps and a big choc chip cookie!  He looked really happy, I shook his hand, he was called Tommy, I told him my name, said bye and God bless and then prayed for him all the way home.  I was so chuffed that God made me walk past him!

Name: Louise
Location: Cambridgeshire
All of them!
Just to let you know that each week we let our whole youth group know what this weeks AOK mission is and then they come back the next week and share how they have got on, writing it in our new AOK scrap book.

Name: Rhiannon
Location: Swansea
I'm probably cheating because I did this one last Saturday when I was in town - I got talking to the guy selling Big Issues (shame though - I never got his name) and we had a really good chat.

AOK Day week 47:
7-14 Jan
Mission: Help someone to keep their New Year's resolution!

Name: Nicole
Location: Cambridgeshire
I tried to help someone in their New Year's resolution. We've put together a scrap book, and each week I write down the AOK and when we've done the week's AOK we write on the page what happened! It works reeeeealy well! Try it!

AOK Day Week 46:
31 Dec - 6 Jan
Mission: Let someone go ahead of you in a checkout queue in the post Christmas sales!

Name: Ruth
Location: Leeds
With my cell group at school we put on a Christmas party in the 6th Form Centre with free food and games. Some people couldn't believe that it was free and insisted on giving donations, which all went to a campaign we are running at the moment in school. Everyone had great fun and I'm sure we will be soon making plans for an Easter party!


AOK Day Week 44: 17 - 23 December
Mission: Be a Secret Santa

Name: Gem
Location: Devon
We took inspiration from AOK and set up a group in school. We then organised a lunch time when we gave out loads of free mince pies! It was abit scary but it was really cool seeing people's reactions when they discovered they could help themselves to free christmas food!

AOK Day Week 39: 19 - 25 November
Mission: Remove the word 'can't' from your vocabulary for a day...

Name: Katy
Location: Walsall
I removed 'can't' from my volcabulary for a day and I think i managed to do it :)! I have a suggestion too: pray for every person or the situation that they share with you, be it a problem, worry, concern or if it's somthing good, thank god for it...

AOK Day Week 37: 5 - 11 November
Mission: Open a door for someone OR stand in a doorway for ten minutes and hold the door open for everyone that walks through!

Name: Lyndsey
Location: Sligo, Ireland
Just to encourage. We live in the West of Ireland (the least evangelised part of Europe) and as a small youth group, we've been doing AOK for the last few months. The young people are absolutely amazed at the respones to their acts of kindness and are REALLY learning from the experiences. We're hoping to see big change in Sligo by us Being the difference here.

AOK Day Week 36: 29 October - 4 November
Mission: Make someone feel important!

Name: Abigail
Location: Devon
I did the AOK about helping an old lady. and my Nanny wanted someone to help her do the washing up. I didn't really feel like doing it as it was late, and I do a lot of washing up, as you can imagine - living in a family of 11.

But then I remembered AOK!

I decided to go ahead and do it as I can't do many AOK's living in the country.. It went OK, and Nan was pleased!

Name: Jen
Location: Surrey
I bought something for someone behind the counter at a shop. It went really well! The lady hugged me and kissed me on the cheek! She was really happy and was chuffed! :) I felt really good inside and left with a big smile on my face!

AOK DAY WEEK 35: 22 -28 October:
Mission: There is no AOK Day mission this week... get creative and send in your own ideas!

Name: Anonymous
Location: Manchester
I made up my own and it was fabulous. I bought Breakfast for the homeless in Manchester. Everyone was really grateful but surprised. Sometimes it was hard cause not everyone's english was very good and I can't hear well  but they were very grateful.

Name: Molly
Location: Burton On Trent
I texted three friends a bible verse. I think it helped them to realise how important they were to God.

Name: Claire
Location: Droitwitch
my suggestion is to leave a £1 in the trolley next time you are at the supermarket, so the next person doesn't have to put their own in.


AOK DAY WEEK 33: 15 -21 October:
Mission: Let someone get on a bus, train, or in a car, in front of you...

Name: Miranda
Location: Weymouth
Me and a friend bought a homeless guy lunch today, we got him a chicken and bacon sandwich, a big carton of orange juice and a mars bar.  He looked really happy and stunned when we gave it to him!

Name: Jen
Location: Surrey
I gave a can of coke to a random person! I wandered around Sainsburys choosing the right one, then out in the mall I went, scaning to see who needed this coke. I found my target. The cleaner! He was chuffed and so was!

Name: Carrie (Star AOK-er)
Location: London
This is a good one! Really simple to just follow the link but by signing the petition it feels like being part of something massive, and globally significant!

Name: Jacky
Location: ??
Yup did the G8 Wait and the Oxfam petition to Tony and the German chancellor.

Name: Anonymous
Location:??
A guy from our church is working for TearFund and he showed a presentation on Micah decaration, (blowing the whistle) with cards in the pews to send to the prime minister!

AOK WEEK 11: 14 - 20 May
Mission: Pick up some litter from somebody's front garden

Name: Dan
Location: Watford
I picked up an old ice cream wrapper from my neighbours shrubbery and then found 2 beer cans in my own front garden. Bonza! No one saw me either.

AOK WEEK 10: 7 - 13 May
Mission: Help a spider out of the house instead of squishing it!

Name: Rebecca
Location: Leicester
I helped three spiders out of my room on Friday. One of them was huge!!

Name: Amy
Location: Chelmsford
Well, it took a lot of courage but I did manage it. I used the glass and paper method and had to get my brother to watch over me incase the spider tried to eat me or somethin ridiculous like that!

Name: Adam
Location: ???
O.K errrm normally I just delete these when i get them but for some reason this morning i decided to read...
Once I had read it I expected I probably wouldn't see a spider all week anyways so it wouldn't matter.

However, and yes, it wasn't in my house but as soon as I arrived in school there it was THE SPIDER but not just any spider but one of the ones that looks like the one out of spiderman which bites is hand... he was a killer!! so I took him outside. The end.

Name: Abi
Location: Winchester
I am truly terrified of spiders, but there was one in the bathroom last night and me and my housemate teamed up with a plastic cup and a dvd box to trap it and set it free!!

It wasn't anywhere near as scary as I thought it would be and I felt much kinder for setting it free than I usually do when I hoover them up!!!

AOK WEEK 9: 30 April -6 May
Mission: Randomly text a mate to tell them they are ace!

Name: TGI Tuesday's
Location: Coventry
We did it as a youth cell group all together at the same time and discussed what we would say when our mates text us back asking what it was about (other than them being ace). It was loads of fun and we practiced paying each other compliments after... it was a bit embarrassing at first but everyone left feeling good. We are now going to do our AOK every Tuesday (whether we meet or not) and trying to think of others to do during the week.

Name: Megan
Location: Watford
In my dorm at my school, there are 4 of people. We turned the lights out at 10:30pm, and at about 11pm I remebered to tell someone that they're ace, so I text my friend who was sleeping below me as I wanted her to find the text when she woke up, but as soon as I sent it her phone started flashing and ringing. I woke up everyone and they were really annoyed. Oops!

Name: Katie
Location: Cambridge
I texted lots of my mates, the ones I may not have spoken to much lately, and I got so many texts back saying how great it was that it made them feel so loved and so happy! One of my mates said "I got your AOK text, Thanks! I was all... How did you know? He goes, cause I did it too! lol! It really showed me how much my friends appreciate this and how much they love me!

Name: Robert
Location: London
It was brilliant , I thought it was wierd to be sending a random text to a mate I hadn't seen for ages and when I sent it the response was awesome, he was really encouraged and he said that he needed it! Thanks for the initiative to do this.

Name: Jon
Location: New Milton
I texted three people who iIfelt God wanted me to text. Two of them rung me up asking why I said they were awesome. I just said why not? You are aren't you? It really meant something to them. I got invited for a game of squash from one of them and a game of golf from the other. I would like to take him to Soul Survivor this year so please pray for him!

Name: Lizzie
Location: Yeovil
I bought someone a cold drink on a hot day. I know I did it in the wrong week but I work for a big company in Yeovil and we have security guards who patrol the site. It was a hot day yesterday and on my way to the shop to get an ice-cream I noticed one of them stood out in the heat stopping cars for random spot checks.

I decided to get him a cold drink, I've never seen him before. On the way back I nearly bottled it (don't know why) but I went up to him, and said "It's a hot day and I thought you might like this, have a nice day!" he looked shocked, laughed and said thank you in complete disbelief! How strange in this country where we think we are kind people that something like that would be a complete shock to someone! I praise God that I was able to make someone's day, whether I got the chance to spread His word or not.

AOK WEEK 8: 23-29 April
Mission: Talk less, listen more

Name: Megan
Location: Watford
Well, we just began our bible study at school when a girl who isn't a Christian came up to us and starting talking to me completely off the subject, but I was polite and made conversation with her. After about 20 minutes of listening to her I returned to our bible study meeting to find that they had just finished!

AOK WEEK 7: 16-22 April
Mission: Be nice to the person behind a shop counter and ask them how their day has been

Name: Tom
Location: Tesco somewhere in the UK
I asked someone how their day had been and they thought I was asking about their Davey! 'Who's Davey' she said, I said 'er what?' and she was well confused and I was too...

I ended up having a right chuckle with an older lady at Tesco!

AOK WEEK 6: 9-15 April
Mission: Wave at a baby

Name: Carrie
Location: Acton
I saw this little kid sitting looking out of the window so I looked over and waved and he just smiled and waved back. Then as i kept on walking he shouted 'bye' - so cute!

Name: Lydia
Location: Ledbury
I waved at a baby. It went alright really ...managed to stop the little fellow from one large tonsil-buster amongst the shopping aisles!!

Name: Lolli
Location: Wales
Well.......I didn't wave, but it says smile aswell! So I smiled at this little toddler in Asda when we were out shopping, and this huge ginormous grin spread across its face! it made me laugh so much! And everytime we passed this little boy who was only like 1 or somthing like that, and its mum again it looked at me and smiled its head of! And i was laughing aswell by the end of it! and no-one could figure out what was so funny! i'll definatly do another one!

Name: Emily
Location: Basingstoke
I made faces and played peek-a-boo with a baby in Spain while there on an exchange visit. He beamed right back at me, so I repeated it when I went to France. Just goes to show that babies are the same the world over!

AOK WEEK 5: 2 - 8 April
Mission: Give away an Easter egg!

Name: Jane
Location: Bournemouth
I gave my friend and her sister an Easter Egg last friday because they were leaving for a holiday the next day. I went round during the day and left the eggs by their back door for them to find when they got home, with a little note to say happy Easter. They both got really excited, especially since my friends sister doesn't like a lot of chocolate so it was harder to find something she actually liked. They appriciated it very much, it felt good to put a smile on their faces.

Name: Ben
Location: Surbiton
Me and quite a few from my church went to our local station (Surbiton - which is fairly big and busy) to hand out Cadbury's Creme Eggs! We shifted them all in just over an hour, along with 'business card' type things for our church. A large number of people stopped to chat, and the look on peoples faces as they lightened up for the first time in 24 hours was priceless. We will probably do it again, just with more eggs/chocolate/food.

AOK WEEK 4: 26 March - 1 April
Mission: Give a lollipop to a lollipop lady

Name: Carrie
Location: London
I gave a lolllipop lady a lollipop. It was brilliant, she just thought it was really funny and so did I!

Name: Jenny
Location: London
I gave a lollipop to a lollipop lady outside my office .It was ace. She thought it was hilarious but was also very excited.

AOK WEEK 3: 19-25 March
Mission: Swap places with the person behind you in a queue

Name: Lorna
Location: Geneva International Airport
I was at the airport at passport control and let the person behind go in front. He was so taken aback that he couldn't quite believe and it took a few seconds of 'after you's' before he finally went in front - looking a bit bewildered!

Name: Joel
Location: Whitstable
They looked quite surprised, and thanked me a lot

Name: Hannah
Location: Shoreham-By-Sea
Cool! Went really well!

AOK WEEK 2: 12-18 March
Mission: Do something nice for a Mum you meet

Name: Tim
Location: London
I helped a mum by carrying one of her kids off the plane the other day as she had two children and bags to carry. She said thanks and the kid didn't cry so I guess it went ok!

Name: Rachel
Location: Cambridge
I met a mum, who doesn't go to church, and offered to take her children to a kids event at our church while she goes out.

Name: Becky
Location: Forest of Dean
A couple of weeks ago, my friend told me that their grandma (their mother's mum) had died quite suddenly. Trying to think of something nice to do, as I am quite closely acquainted with the family, I thought it'd be a simple, but thoughtful, gesture to buy their mum some flowers, as we get on really well anyway!

Anyway, she loved the flowers, and it turns out that the flowers I had chosen had been her late mother's favourite! The colour and all! So, overall, very much appreciated!

AOK WEEK 1: 5-7 March
Mission: To buy a Coke and give it away

Name: Joel
Location: Croydon
Our AOK's are going really well - we actually run a programme doing outreach with young people where we literally just wander round the streets giving them chocolate every week! Kind of an AOK ministry!

Name: Jo
Location: Wincanton
The hardest part was choosing who to give the coke to! I was on my way to the bus stop to get home from college, and popped into Woolies to buy the coke. Realising that one of the most depressing things in the world is waiting for your bus to arrive (when it is ALWAYS late) I decided to give out my coke to people at the bus stop to cheer them up! I think they were a little suspicious at first, but when I explained that it was totally free and they didn't have to do anything, there were many smiling faces when the bus finally arrived!

Name: Carrie
Location: Teddington
On a cold rainy Friday afternoon in Teddington, Tearfund's Carrie Hall ventured onto the streets armed with a multipack of Coca Cola cans and a heart of goodness. After just 20 minutes Carrie had given away 6 Cokes. Three drinks went to three young ladies who'd just finished school and were accosted with an Act of Kindness outside the local Boots! Two lads also had the opportunity to unexpectedly quench their thirst and the final free fizzy drink went to a lady who'd just finished work for the afternoon!

The result? Smiles, kindness and positivity on the streets of Teddington. Everyone loves an AOK Day!

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