Snow and more snow....last night we needed to drive 2 Elders home to their apt in North Seattle by Lake Union. So we got them safely dropped off, then set about trying to find our way back to the I-5 freeway to come home (no easy task since we had let the office Elders borrow Sister Garmin)Thanks to our overworked guardian angels, we were able to get back on the freeway and make our way towards home on the 90. Well, it was raining lightly, no big deal here, until we got off the 90 by the Temple and started down 148th, where we ran into heavy snow and icy roads not unlike many great sledding hills. (Think sugarhouse park) Well, our apartment is off 140th, so to get there we needed to turn left or west on 8th st. When we got to eighth st, the police had it closed to traffic since no cars had successfully been able to go either up or down without jumping the curb. Being locals now (at least in our own minds) we decided to turn back and go down Main street and try reaching 140th from there. Keep in mind, slick roads, cars sliding sideways, Sister Wilson frantically telling Elder Wilson "SLOW DOWN! SLOW DOWN!" even though we were only going 15 mph.
She may have even said something else, but we won't mention that here for obvious reasons.
We were relieved to make it home, and had just stopped shaking when there was a knock at our front door-- it was the Elders, who also had gotten caught in the snow, but undaunted, were still out knocking on doors. That's dedication!
That's a great example of "He never said it would be easy, just worth it." Way to go and thanks for sharing. My gut hurts from laughing though. It's snowing here now, thanks for sharing that too.
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