Friday, November 20, 2015

Interesting Happenings Around Here

A couple days ago I was taking a box of toys and things to Good Will to donate.  As I was driving there I had the thought that someone in the ward might be able to use the high chair I was donating.  I arrived at GoodWill but hurried and called a sister in the ward to see if she knew of anyone who would want it.  She said she'd call the RS President and let me know.  I donated the rest of the items and kept the high chair in my car as I ran more errands for a couple more hours.  I got a phone call back and was told that they weren't aware of anyone who needed it.  I was a little frustrated and confused to why I had that thought.  So back to GoodWill I went to donate the chair.  I pulled up next to another car donating items.  As I walked up the lady in the other car stopped me, she said, "Can I ask you a crazy question?  Can I have that chair?  My mom has been looking for a chair like that and they are hard to find."  So of course I gave it to her.  Was that a mere coincidence?  Or is that who truly needed the chair and was God's way of getting it to her?


A day or two later I was getting in my car in the morning to take the kids to elementary school.  There was a ton of stuff scattered on my seat from the middle console.  I called Josh to see if he had done that, which was highly unlikely.  Then I looked to the middle row of the car and saw that stuff was scattered all over.  Someone had definitely rummaged through my car!  But as far as I could tell nothing was missing.  But then I did find out that my phone chargers were missing.  My neighbor across the street wasn't as lucky as I was.  Their car was set on fire on the inside.  The two front seats were burned and melted and the entire car was saturated in smoke.  Two other cars nearby also were set on fire.  I had parked outside because Josh was having the Priests over for mutual welding things in our garage.  I left the keys in the car so he could pull it in to the garage when he was through.  That never happened, so when the people rummaged through my car they didn't even take the keys, steal my car or start it on fire.  Why was I so blessed??  Also, we don't have insurance on the car so we would have been out $10,000.  We are SO Blessed!!!  The news reporter came over today and interviewed me.  This is the second vehicle break-in we have had in 10 yrs.