Around 1:30 PM, a pickup truck stopped briefly and the men inside asked where we were headed. Around 3:00 PM, the same truck came back toward us with just the driver. He said he couldn’t get us off his mind. He works on the irrigation lines that provide water for the crops here. His boys both left for college this week and he is alone at home and feeling very lonely. He offered to take us to his home and give us a meal tonight and the opportunity to wash our clothes, take a shower, and sleep in a real bed. It sounded great to us. Harry had told me, a few hours before we were offered the ride, that when we reached the next town he had to get a good meal. We can’t carry enough of the right kinds of food to sustain us through all the physical exertion and the heat is an added drain on our energy.
Thank God, this man is another one of God’s answers to a real need — without us ever asking for it. Jack is a Christian and a very nice man. He provided all he said he would and we got a very good, and restful, night’s sleep. We washed our clothes, took showers, and enjoyed an evening of fellowship over a good meal. Jack was gone early, before we got up, as he told us he would be. We left a note of “thanks” and headed out, stopping in town for groceries. (Matthew 25:34).
We got coffee at a gas station and headed out around ...
