I wake on the alarm at 0530 on Thurs, 7 Feb. I look out our 2nd floor hotel room in Stillwater, OK, and see that the parking lot has been transformed into a HUGE ice rink. We will learn later that Wed night and early Thurs morning, it had: Sleeted, hailed (yep in Feb.), had freezing rain and ice fog, and the temp at daylight was 19F! Hmm, We had planned on leaving at 0800 for a 1015-mile drive to Greenvile, SC. The forecast for the following day was 20F. Burrrr!
A LOT of people were praying for us. No reason to worry. We went back to bed, slept well, and had a leisurely breakfast. About 10 AM I noticed the sun was coming out, and a few minutes later called my local friend Dave for his travel advice. He suggested heading east towards Tulsa, instead of south toward OK City. About 1130, we decided that the melt was good enough. Keep in mind the temperature was still well below freezing and wasn't expected to warm up much. But the power of sunshine would be very helpful, and we decided to give it a try. Sure enough, the first 5 miles were icy, icy, the next few were clear wheel ruts, and after that just an occasional ice patch until we hit dry pavement at maybe 20 miles down the road. Whew!! We still had a looooong drive, but at least we were headed east and later south so it was clear sailing.
And, we made it in to Greenville, SC the following day, after stopping the night in New Albany, MS. The Conference started that evening, and we got in just in time to check into the hotel and get to the prayer meeting before the Conference started.
G^d delivered us from the ice, for which we were VERY thankful. And we paused several times to thank Him. We tend to ask G^d for deliverance, and then when He delivers us, we forget and get on to the next thing.
Thank you L^rd for getting us to Greenville!
A LOT of people were praying for us. No reason to worry. We went back to bed, slept well, and had a leisurely breakfast. About 10 AM I noticed the sun was coming out, and a few minutes later called my local friend Dave for his travel advice. He suggested heading east towards Tulsa, instead of south toward OK City. About 1130, we decided that the melt was good enough. Keep in mind the temperature was still well below freezing and wasn't expected to warm up much. But the power of sunshine would be very helpful, and we decided to give it a try. Sure enough, the first 5 miles were icy, icy, the next few were clear wheel ruts, and after that just an occasional ice patch until we hit dry pavement at maybe 20 miles down the road. Whew!! We still had a looooong drive, but at least we were headed east and later south so it was clear sailing.
And, we made it in to Greenville, SC the following day, after stopping the night in New Albany, MS. The Conference started that evening, and we got in just in time to check into the hotel and get to the prayer meeting before the Conference started.
G^d delivered us from the ice, for which we were VERY thankful. And we paused several times to thank Him. We tend to ask G^d for deliverance, and then when He delivers us, we forget and get on to the next thing.
Thank you L^rd for getting us to Greenville!
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