An Answered Prayer...

Please excuse the mystery of this post. I will post again in 6 days at the most to explain my cryptic entry.

Today I was...well, let's just say I was doing a little 'project' outside in the hot sun. It took me longer than I thought it would to do it. In the end I think it was around 2 1/2 hours. Not only was my water that I brought almost gone, it was HOT! Ewwww. Don't get me wrong, I was drinking it anyway, trying to make it last, but it was gross. I was SO thirsty!

The following is very sacred to me, but I do feel it is important to share it with everyone I care about.

I said a prayer in my head, asking that one of the people driving by would stop and give me a drink, or ask if I needed anything. (I thought that wasn't unreasonable because I was doing something nice, where everyone could see me doing it - no matter that it was kind of self-serving; they didn't know that!) Immediately in my head was the thought, "Make eye contact". I thought, okay, maybe making eye contact with one of the people who is driving will be what prompts them to stop to talk to me. So upon having this thought (approximately 2 seconds after finishing my prayer) I looked up. There was a car coming and I made eye contact with the person driving. It was Nikki, who lives down the street!! I waved; she waved back and kept driving.

"Arrggghh!!" I thought. "If someone who knows me doesn't even stop why would a stranger?" Yes, I had a moment where I let my faith slip and I thought a frustrated thought. Isn't it good that Heavenly Father loves us so much he takes care of us anyway, as long as we let him? I continued my work and also prayed that if no one gave me anything to drink, could I please be okay until I was done, and returned home?

A few minutes later I heard a car as I was turning to walk a different direction. It was pulling over, right up to me! It was Nikki and she was holding a cold zero calorie lemonade drink out her window to me!!! (Oh me of little faith.) I immediately started drinking and thanked her profusely (I hope). I told her that I had literally prayed and I thanked her for listening to the Spirit and getting me a drink. It is so nice that we can be Heavenly Fathers hands sometimes and that through us he answers people's prayers.

I did say a prayer of thanks after Nikki left and finished my project. As it was I was sunburned and shaky with a headache when I was done. I hate to imagine how much worse I could have been.

In Retrospect, I should have known it would be Nikki who saved me! She is one of the sweetest people in the world! Also, I actually had thought of her when I first started thinking of who might help me. Thanks so much Nikki!!

Also, thanks so much to my Mom, who took care of my kids so I could get this project done right away!! Oh - and I did tell Nikki that what I was doing was self-serving, so she wouldn't falsely think I was a good samaritan. But now that I've had a taste of it, I think I might try harder to actually be a good samaritan in the future. :)