Serendipitous Day!

Sometimes we are content to go through life not really thinking out how this choice or that choice might have an effect on the universe around us. Such was yesterday, a regular Saturday, do the laundry, vacuum, clean the apartment, feed Gary, watch it rain.......

We decided to take a walk on the wild side and try to find the Costco in Issaquah. Off we go, in the pouring rain, us, the Suburban, and Sister Garmin to I-90 eastbound and Issaquah. (don't you love the name 'Issaquah'?) I am going to talk about Costco in a different post, however.

15 minutes into our shopping, almost done, and Elder Wilson's phone rings. On the line is Elder Wood and Elder Winterton. They ask "Where are you right now? Is there any chance you could meet us for a Church tour in Issaquah in about 10 minutes?" We tell them we ARE in Issaquah, at Costco, and nearly ready to leave the store. Incredibly, the Church is just a couple of miles away, and within 10 minutes of where we were. As is our usual fashion, we got a little off- route on our way to the church (hey, if you haven't been here, don't bash our map skills)

but arrived just in time to meet the Elders and their investigator, a single woman who was investigating churches looking for one that "clicked". It was great to be there in that teaching opportunity, and I was able to reassure her that if she really, truly, prayed about what she read, she would know it was true for herself. She would feel it, it would 'click', just like it did for me when I wasn't sure, and took the time to really pray about it so I could know if it was true. It was an amazing moment. The right words just came out of my mouth as I spoke to her.

I could tell it made an impact on her. Coincidence that we were at Costco at that time of day, in the same area of a huge suburb? I don't think so.