AN UNKNOWN angel has made an indelible impression on Billy and Faye Graham from Canada.

So impressed have the two been that they realised that the negative picture constantly being painted of Jamaica has hidden the hospitality of the island's people.

The Grahams told The Gleaner that they went to visit a cousin at the King's Gate Nursing Home on Maeven Avenue, St Andrew.

They said on their way back to the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston, they were completely baffled as to which way to go, given that the streets were crowded with traffic.

Seventy-one-year-old Faye was so confused she started to "weep and wail".

It is in the midst of their chaos that a driver stuck in traffic took the time to ask if they were okay.

The elderly couple told the stranger of their plight. After giving them directions, the driver realised the Grahams were still somewhat perplexed.

"He gave us directions but I guess he realised that we didn't understand," said Mrs Graham.

The stranger took the couple home.

"He drove before us. All the way to the hotel. It was a long way. But he did not just leave us at the entrance, he drove into the yard," an overjoyed Mrs Graham told The Gleaner.

She said, "He wouldn't take anything, not even gas money."

one regret

Mrs Graham, who described the deed of the unknown angel as "absolutely wonderful", said her only regret was that she did not ask the stranger his name.

"In my state of excitement I didn't think of asking him his name," she said.

The deed, however, has left the couple thinking of how much Jamaica has been portrayed negatively, with little being said of the kindness of the island's people.

"Jamaica has the reputation of being uncaring, having a high murder rate, and so on," said Mrs Graham.

The Grahams do not want the act of kindness to go unnoticed and have asked the unknown angel to contact them.

The couple may be contacted at the Rooms Hotel in Ocho Rios, St Ann. The couple leaves the island in two weeks.