How to Make the Most of Being Stranded on a Country Road with Kids (and Thrive!)


#1 Take this very seriously
#2 Because this seriously happened to us

Maybe it will happen to you!

By God's grace alone.
Preparation:
  • Pack your recently revived suburban with beach gear, children, and half your house.
  • Leave.
When you're at least 30 minutes from anything that resembles a town and at least two hours from anyone you know:
  • Try not to be too surprised when something falls out from under your truck and the power steering goes out.
  • Pull over.
  • Pray.
  • Laugh.
  • Then go find that thing that fell out.
When you find out the problem can't be fixed immediately and the truck isn't going to make it to the beach as is:
  • Pray again.
When an angel and his equally angelic wife appear dressed as a farmer and a farmer's wife in a pickup truck:

  • Accept all help offered.
  • Slowly cover the mile to their house.
  • Unload kids and cookies.
  • Wave to husband as he drives off with farmer angel to find parts.
  • Let kids eat cookies, drink soda offered by angel wife, and play with random abandoned toys.
  • Mention Easter eggs and then sit back as angel wife pulls out Easter eggs and kids are entertained for another hour with egg hunt after egg hunt.
  • Wave to husband as he and farmer angel pull in with some parts and then as they leave again for one more.


When farmer angel's son comes back with part:
  • Praise God. 
  • Pack it up.
  • Say thank you in every manner possible and wave good bye to farmer angel and angel wife.
Assess:
  • Not a bad way to spend a sunny afternoon in South Carolina. 
  • Lesson learned: Get a new truck??? Nah! (Well,maybe.:) ) But really, it's what the farmer angel said, "Just treat people the way you'd want to be treated." Hmm....Sounds familiar.
  • God ALWAYS provides.

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