December 9, 2007 We arrived at the LDS church Sunday evening for tithing settlement (a chance to pay any missed tithing or ten percent of our income to the Lord, see Malachi 3:10 ). The clerk came out before we met with the bishop. Joe and I were hurrying to count the children's tithing from sandwich baggies and fill out forms to declare their tithing also. The clerk said, "No beans this year!" Joe and I looked at him stunned. Apparently, after a lesson on the Lord's law of the tithe, one of our children turned in an envelope to the Bishop and when it was opened it was full of dried pinto beans and not coins! We had a good chuckle over that one!