There are more! Every day God uses someone, somewhere. Most people just don't accept it as God's miracles, just coincidence. Sorry I know this is tech assist be God is my best assistant Robert tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx H & H Electronics Inc ----- Original Message ----- From: "STERLING PASHER" <spasher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:09 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Little Things Help > Lovely story Too bad that there are not more > Buck Pasher > Buck's TV > Gander Newfoundland > Canada > 709-256-7738 (Fax & Phone) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "margaret wood" <kuttinup375@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:28 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Little Things Help > > > > > > > > > This was written by a Hospice of Metro > > > > Denver physician .... > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > I just had one of the most amazing > > > > experiences of my life, and > > > > >> wanted > > > > >> > to > > > > >> > > > share it with my family and dearest > > > > friends: > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > I was driving home from a meeting > > > this > > > > evening about 5, stuck in > > > > >> > traffic > > > > >> > > on > > > > >> > > > Colorado Blvd., and the car started > > > to > > > > choke and splutter and > > > > > die - > > > > >> I > > > > >> > > barely > > > > >> > > > managed to coast, cursing, into a > > > gas > > > > station, glad only that I > > > > >> would > > > > >> > not > > > > >> > > be > > > > >> > > > blocking traffic and would have a > > > > somewhat warm spot to wait for > > > > > the > > > > >> > tow > > > > >> > > > truck. It wouldn't even turn over. > > > > Before I could make the > > > > >> > call, > > > > > I > > > > >> > saw a > > > > >> > > > woman walking out of the "quickie > > > > mart" building, and it looked > > > > > like > > > > >> > she > > > > >> > > > slipped on some ice and fell into a > > > > gas pump, so I got out to see > > > > > if > > > > >> > she > > > > >> > > was > > > > >> > > > okay. When I got there, it looked > > > > more like she had been > > > > >> > overcome > > > > >> by > > > > >> > sobs > > > > >> > > > than that she had fallen; she was a > > > > young woman who looked really > > > > >> > haggard > > > > >> > > > with dark circles under her eyes. > > > She > > > > dropped something as I > > > > > helped > > > > >> > her > > > > >> > > up, > > > > >> > > > and I picked it up to give it to > > > her. > > > > It was a nickel. > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > At that moment, everything came into > > > > focus for me: the crying > > > > > woman, > > > > >> > the > > > > >> > > > ancient Suburban crammed full of > > > stuff > > > > with 3 kids in the back (1 > > > > > in > > > > >> a > > > > >> > car > > > > >> > > > seat), and the gas pump reading > > > $4.95. > > > > I asked her if she was > > > > > okay > > > > >> > and if > > > > >> > > > she needed help, and she just kept > > > > saying "I don't want my kids > > > > >> > to > > > > >> see > > > > >> > me > > > > >> > > > crying," so we stood on the other > > > side > > > > of the pump from her car. > > > > >> She > > > > >> > said > > > > >> > > > she was driving to California and > > > that > > > > things were very hard for > > > > > her > > > > >> > right > > > > >> > > > now. > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > So I asked, "And you were praying?" > > > > That made her back away from > > > > > me > > > > >> a > > > > >> > > > little, but I assured her I was not > > > a > > > > crazy person and said, "He > > > > >> heard > > > > >> > > you, > > > > >> > > > and He sent me." > > > > >> > > > I took out my card and swiped it > > > > through the card reader on the > > > > > pump > > > > >> > so > > > > >> > > she > > > > >> > > > could fill up her car completely, > > > and > > > > while it was fueling walked > > > > > to > > > > >> > the > > > > >> > > > next door McDonald's and bought 2 > > > big > > > > bags of food, some gift > > > > >> > certificates > > > > >> > > > for more, and a big cup of coffee. > > > > She gave the food to the kids > > > > > in > > > > >> > the > > > > >> > > > car, who attacked it like wolves, > > > and > > > > we stood by the pump eating > > > > >> > fries > > > > >> > > and > > > > >> > > > talking a little. > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > She told me her name, and that she > > > > lived in Kansas City. Her > > > > >> > boyfriend > > > > >> > > left > > > > >> > > > 2 months ago and she had not been > > > able > > > > to make ends meet. She > > > > > knew > > > > >> > she > > > > >> > > > wouldn't have money to pay rent Jan > > > 1, > > > > and finally in desperation > > > > >> had > > > > >> > > > finally called her parents, with > > > whom > > > > she had not spoken in about > > > > > 5 > > > > >> > years. > > > > >> > > > They lived in California and said > > > she > > > > could come live with them > > > > > and > > > > >> > try to > > > > >> > > > get on her feet there. So she > > > packed > > > > up everything she owned in > > > > > the > > > > >> > car. > > > > >> > > > She told the kids they were going to > > > > California for Christmas, > > > > >> > but > > > > >> not > > > > >> > > that > > > > >> > > > they were going to live there. > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > I gave her my gloves, a little hug > > > and > > > > said a quick prayer with > > > > > her > > > > >> > for > > > > >> > > > safety on the road. As I was > > > walking > > > > over to my car, she said, > > > > > "So, > > > > >> > are > > > > >> > > you > > > > >> > > > like an angel or something?" > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > This definitely made me cry. I > > > said, > > > > "Sweetie, at this time of > > > > > year > > > > >> > > angels > > > > >> > > > are really busy, so sometimes God > > > uses > > > > regular people." It was so > > > > >> > > incredible > > > > >> > > > to be a part of someone else's > > > > miracle. And of course, you > > > > > guessed > > > > >> > it, > > > > >> > > when > > > > >> > > > I got in my car it started right > > > away > > > > and got me home with no > > > > >> problem. > > > > >> > > I'll > > > > >> > > > put it in the shop tomorrow to > > > check, > > > > but I suspect the mechanic > > > > >> won't > > > > >> > > find > > > > >> > > > anything wrong. > > > > > > > > Walter Wood > > United TV Service > > 501 Poplar St. > > P.O. box 602 > > Pulaski Tn. 38478 > > mailto:wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > This Email List is Public. 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