.A tender mercy

This morning my lesson in seminary went pretty well,
as they have been going well since I started. I never really know if the
kids are getting as much from the lessons as I am though... How do
you ever know that? I suppose some of the kids are responding to my
ever-persistent prodding and questioning during class. So they must
be hearing something. Right?

At least I hope so.

We've been talking a bit about how worthy followers of Christ are
blessed and helped through life.


This morning that reality hit me pretty hard.


After class I dropped Air off at the train station so that he could get
to his stats class on time. Right after I pulled out of the station I
realized that Air had forgotten his bus pass! He had forgotten his
entire wallet! I didn't think that he could get on the train without it.
I turned right around, hoping that he had come back out to find me...
but he was nowhere to be seen.


I sat there, waiting for him to come back and remember his wallet.


I was thinking, 'boy it would sure be nice to have a cell phone or a
pay phone handy. He must be just standing there in the train station
trying to reach me at home'... but I wasn't home. I was parked right
where I had dropped him off.
I didn't want to drive all the way home and then have to come back
just to give him his wallet. He would have missed his class by then!


I started thinking about asking someone who pulled up if I could use
their cell phone... I thought that was a pretty crazy/creepy thing to do,
but just as I turned to the minivan that pulled up behind me I noticed
that the lady was someone I recognized! It was Sister Dowling! I knew
that she was an incredibly sweet lady and I just couldn't believe my
luck that she should pull up there right then!

I waved and started walking towards her, she rolled down her window
and said, "Hey Sister Gusa! How are you?" I began to ask if she had a
cell phone that I could use, but before I could even finish my words,
tears came to my eyes... and before I knew it, I was crying! AHH!!
She hopped out of her car and gave me a big hug.. {thinking that
something horrible had happened, or that my car broke down}

I am still so embarrassed that I cried at all, I really wasn't that scared
or nervous about Air not having his bus pass... I figured he might have
been able to get on the train without it, and hopefully nobody would
check him for it today.
{Luckily Sister Dowling is a crier too, so she understood my silly
emotional response to something so insignificant... haha}



I cried because I was so grateful that she showed up. I couldn't
believe that I was being given this blessing.



There aren't a lot of people I know around Edmonton normally. In fact,
this is probably the third time that I've bumped into someone from
church outside of church.
I really think that the Lord was blessing me this morning when he
prompted me to ask someone if I could use their cell phone. That's not
something that I would normally do. Ever.
I am really grateful that Heavenly Father knows my concerns and my
problems. I felt his love so strongly this morning. I'm grateful that he
extends his hand to me, because he loves me.




It's so wonderful to know that.



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