Praise for God’s Protective Providence

Every mile that is successfully traversed is a testimony to God’s protective care. We have traveled thousands of miles since the middle of January, and we owe our safety through every mile of the journey to God’s goodness. There are times, however, when His protection has been more spectacular than at others. On Saturday, April 12^th, we were traveling north on I-495 in Massachusetts during a light rain, when a mechanical failure in a vehicle ahead of us caused that car to come to a sudden halt. In an effort to avoid it, we found ourselves skidding off the road and spinning around. We came to a stop in the emergency lane, facing the opposite direction and trapped between the guard rail and oncoming traffic. We praise God that there was very little damage done to the van (a blinker light broken and a few scrapes and dents are all we have to show for it). However, there was no way to safely turn the van around. The trooper who arrived at the scene deemed it best to have the van towed backward to the next exit, and since there was room for only one person in the tow truck, Ruth and the children got a free ride in the back of a Massachusetts State Police car!