Two Stories of Mivtzoim M'Mela

1. I am standing outside of a Super WalMart in Lexinton, Tenn. (I.E. The middle of no where in particular.) A local in shorts and a t-shirt with long gray hair in a pony tail approached me.
He asked "Excuse me, are you Jewish?"
I apprehensively answered in the affirmative.
"Yeah I saw them strings hanging out of your shirt and that hat on your head."
He then added,
"I grew up in Flatbush so I know all about that"
before ultimately clarifying,
"I never thought I would see a landsmahn out around here."
He told me how he strayed far from the ways of his upbringing but that sometimes when he is driving his truck down the long country road he finds himself humming tunes he remembers from synagogue and hebrew school. He told me about how onetime in 'Nam he was involved in a 10 hour gunfight. When everything settled they handed out rations. He peeled open the tin before the following thought entered his mind (I quote loosely):
"Damnit, Pork... Shit today is Yom Kippur"
The Pintele Yid!
I asked him if he wanted to put on Tefillin but he was too embarrassed.
He asked me to find a shul closest to him and gave me his e-mail address and we parted ways after some other small talk.

2. I am standing a few blocks from Times Square. It is around 1 AM on a Saturday night.
It is me, a yeshiva bochur, and a group of college kids who are in town for the Shabbaton.
Were laughing and talking aloud when three guys suddenly interject into the conversation.
It was really ackward.
They look really Jewish so I inquire.
The main one tries to pull off the "I'm half-Jewish."
After clarification he is a Jew.
He says he has been to synagogue a few times. He is interested. He says "Im a Jew... I don't a hat like you but I'm a Jew."
I concur.
He would like to find out more about Judaism but he fears orthodox Jews as being too pressuring and narrow minded.
I tell him about Chabad.
I tell him and his two friends (who also are Jews) how they can find and contact a Shliach near them.
Afterwards he says "Sorry for the creepy intrusion into your conversation... I just could tell that you guys are Jews and felt like I needed to talk to you."

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Hashem your children are crying out for you.
After all this time have we still not merited our final redemption.
We are thirsty for the knowledge of you that will fill the earth like water covers the sea.
Have mercy on your children!