NCN News Update Viral UPS video features Colorado Nazarene Colorado Springs, Colorado By Sarah Glass for NCN News Friday, December 19, 2014 Ernest Lagasca, a 26-year UPS employee, sees many of his customers several times a week. One such customer is Carson, now 4 years old. Lagasca began delivering special formula to Carsons house several times a week soon after he was born. Carson would watch for the UPS man from inside the house, until one day Lagasca invited two-year-old Carson outside to see his truck. The two developed a special friendship and Carson looked forward to visits from the UPS man. Carson even had his parents buy him a UPS uniform to match his friend, whom he affectionally refers to as Mr. Ernie. UPS was made aware of the story of Carson and I about a year ago, and an article was written about it for the UPS website, Lagasca said. This fall, UPS contacted me to ask me if I wanted to present Carson with a UPS truck as part of the Wishes Delivered campaign. Later I found out that they were flying a crew out to make a video of this presentation. Through the Your Wishes Delivered campaign, UPS donates $1 per submitted wish to one of three charities — The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Toys for Tots Literacy Program, or The Salvation Army, a sister denomination to the Church of the Nazarene. In the video, Lagasca delivers a miniature UPS truck to Carson, who dons his UPS uniform to make special deliveries to his neighbors. The Driver for a Day video quickly went viral with more than 2,500,000 views as of Friday morning. Lagasca is surprised by the videos popularity. I really only thought that people who visited the UPS website would see it, he said. I had no idea that it would be shared through social media like that. Lagasca, who has been a member of Trinity Church of the Nazarene in Colorado Springs for 30 years, tries to connect will all his customers. I always show interest in my customers and what is going on in their lives and in turn they show interest in my life as well, he said. My job can be thankless, mundane, and physically taxing, but yet God has given me peace, contentment, and strength to represent Him through my day.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:10:19 +0000
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