Who gave the contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem, and what were those givers like?

Les explains that it pleased the believers of Macedonia and Achaia, the two areas of Greece, to make a certain contribution for the poor saints who were at Jerusalem. These were Paul's newly established converts to Christianity, and they were dirt poor. Yet they brought together offerings for the Jewish believers back in Jerusalem, even though that land and civilization had been head and shoulders above what these poor people enjoyed. Les uses the analogy of wealthy America sending missionaries to poverty-stricken areas, and asks how a church today would feel if new converts in places like New Guinea sent an offering back. It would almost repulse people, but that is exactly what these did. Instead of asking for American money, they sent it back to the homeland, Jerusalem. The lesson is that when people become true children of God, they simply have a whole different outlook on everything. It pleased them verily, for their debtors they are.