All the way to Georgia

I did not expect that what started out as a vacation and visit to see Lauren would turn out to be one of the best things that has happened to me in a while!

It was such a great time for all of us! Lauren has a beautiful place to call "home" (for now) and she has a lot of fun stuff to do close by! We shopped and ate and toured and laughed and cried and did a 1000 piece puzzle all in 3 days. It was so much fun! I absolutely loved all the green scenery. I think I could get used to that!!!

On Saturday, Laurens ward had a Pioneer Day Celebration, so we decided to go and see where she went to church and meet some of the people in her ward. I cannot tell you how thankful I am that we went, because we debated the issue!

Collette, a lady who is in the R.S Presidency,came and introduced herself to us... and at that moment only Colin and I were left at the table. We talked about her kids and my kids and what they were all doing. She said that she thought Columbus, GA was "hickish" which cracked us up. Colin was very attentive to her. She told us that she was ready to move to AZ to be near her kids. Then she was the answer to a prayer that I have prayed a very long time for. She said... "you know, as long as you are doing what you should, the Lord blesses you. There have been many times in our lives where we didn't know how we were going to sell that house, or make that move, but the Lord provided." She continued on with things like "the Lord is so mindful of us and has the big picture if we would just let him help us and let him make us into the people that he wants us to be"!

I am pretty sure that my mouth was hanging on the ground and my eyes looked like a deer in the headlights. I could not believe what I was hearing. Colin had every attentive bone in his body at attention!!!

I cannot express to you my happiness and my gratitude to her. Proof that "The Lord does hear and answer our prayers, but it is usually through another person that our needs are met".

We left the building a few minutes later. Colin said, "She was so nice". Little does he know how very nice she actually was. She was my angel. Answering my prayer.

I had to go all the way to Georgia to have a prayer answered, but I would fly to the moon if I had to!

Thank you Collette...