Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Day 61. And what a day it has been. Really it started out good. I knew it would be a busy day and it turned out busier than I could have imagined. If you remember I just put a new radiator in my jeep last week. This afternoon I drove Dugan over to get new glasses. The jeep made it fine with no problems. After choosing frames, and paying for them, and staying within my budget we went to get some supper. We noticed a puddle of antifreeze under the jeep in the parking lot. After a quick look it was determined that some had overflowed from the reservoir. So, not a problem, right? We went to get the glasses and the frames we had picked out had a flaw that couldn't be fixed and there wasn't another pair of those frames. So, they gave us another pair that Dugan had really wanted but were too expensive. We didn't even have to pay the difference. It was an awesome blessing. By the time the glasses were ready it was about 7:30 and we headed home. We hadn't gotten far when the temperature light came on. The jeep was overheating. I headed for the closest gas station I knew of. By the time we got there, smoke was pouring out from under the hood. People were staring and calling out to us, "do you know your car is smoking?". I drove into the station parking lot and opened the hood to find that the upper radiator hose had a 4 inch split and had spewed the antifreeze onto the engine. That's why it was smoking so badly. Dugan went in to ask if there was a place we could get water while I tried to asses the situation. I looked up and just across the street was a parts store and it was still open. The guy at the store was very nice. He loaned me the tools I needed and we found a new hose. From the time we overheated until we had it fixed and back on the road was less than an hour. Then, as we headed toward home once again, we ran up on a roadblock. Red and blue lights all around. A flashlight signaled us through the mess of glass and debris. Dugan noted that it must have been a bad wreck. I told him that since the cars were already gone and they were cleaning up that this wreck must have happened about 20 or 30 minutes before. His eyes got big and his mouth dropped open. He realized that if we had not had problems with the glasses and the jeep, we could have been involved in that wreck. We praised God all the way home. What a valuable lesson God was teaching. So, tonight I want to say thank you to my dad for teaching me how to change a radiator hose, and now Dugan knows how also. But, mostly I want to say Thank You God for watching over us and orchestrating this night. By the way, we had no more problems getting home.
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