Tender Mercies

Today the boys and I went to Sun Harvest. We've been listening to Peter and the Starcatchers and were at the very end of the story when we arrived at the store. I also desperately needed to charge my phone because I couldn't find the charger Mon or Tues. So, we sat in the parking lot with my phone charging via the inverter and listening to the book with the car set on acc power. Apparently this was a bad idea because when I went to start the car after our shopping trip, the battery was dead. I happened to be on the phone with Matthew at the time. I told him that I'd probably call Dad and he suggested seeing if someone in the parking lot could help me. I thought of all the times I'd stopped to help people jump their car and thought about saying a prayer for assistance. Seconds later an employee walked up to my window and asked if everything was ok. I told him that my battery was dead and that I need a jump. He said ok and went to get his truck. Right after he walked off, the car next to me pulled out and moments later he was pulling it. It took maybe 5 minutes and we were good to go. Jared said that he wondered/thinks that the Lord sent him to help us. I told him that absolutely he did. So, we said a prayer of grattitude.

This evening Bro. Hoffmann called regarding the primary attendance statistics. Right as I was getting ready to hang up I heard him call my name like he had a question for me, so I stopped and responded to him. He asked me if there was anything that needed done around the house. I thought of asking him to mow the lawn because it really needs it and the lawn mower quit the last time I did it. I told him that we were good for now because we're still settling in from being gone. He again offered his help and asked that I let him know if I need anything while Matthew was gone because he wants to help.

I can't help but feel the Lord's love and blessings - the bubble of protection that comes from being faithful. This is going to be an amazing year.

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Matthew told me today that he feels drawn to applying at Six Flags - which he doesn't really want to do, so he recognized it is the right thing to do! lol One of his concerns was the weekend schedule, but upon further inspection he doesn't think he'll have to worry about it. I believe he is going to go ahead and finish the application. We'll see what happens :)