65 ~ God's Amazing Work

By Kay Heitsch

As time went by, Shannon was about to graduate from high school. I was happy we stayed long enough for her to graduate with her friends. Shannon also belongs to the youth group at church.

Before I became a Christian, Todd asked me to go to this church and attend their youth group. I emphatically said, No. I wanted nothing to do with religion. Now here I was helping at the same church with the youth group. God works!

When Ruth Ann asked me to help her with the youth group, she told me we wouldn't have to attend business meetings at church. I was happy!

However, Ruth Ann and I found ourselves in a church business meeting one evening. We both wanted the church to hire a Youth Minister. It was quite an experience to put it mildly. When it was about to be over, a vote was taken. Oh, praise God, they decided to hire a Youth Minister!

From out of nowhere, I found myself saying, Well, I believe my work here is done, and now the house can sell.

The following day, the youth group made plans to go to another amusement park. This park had a big wave pool. I'm all into sitting in the sun, so I spent most of my time there. I was a bit sunburned by the end of the day.

The next morning, I was in bed trying to recuperate when the phone rang. Our realtor wanted to show the house right away. I jumped up and told the kids we had to leave. The joys of selling a home.

Our house was sold that day!

I have many wonderful memories living in that area. The people were kind and loving, but it was time to move on.

It's beyond belief all God did in that area to bring triumph out of Todd's tragic death.