the adventure home?

Like any holiday traveling, it always seems to involve some kind of stress. This time traveling home was just that.

My friend and I prayed for the trip home and roll out of Cville at about 5pm or so and, on the way back to the 757 we are blasting Motown and some more music of that age. We are about 10 miles outside Richmond when I get a call.

Our other friend's car has broken down in Shannon Hill. "Shannon Hill? I hope y'all are ok. Let me know if y'all need anything."

A few minutes later, my friend and I were thinking out loud and we decide to head back and get them. Thank the Lord, my passenger got GPS.

Shannon Hill is located in Goochland County which is about 30 miles southeast of Cville. What we didn't know at the time was that this meant "in the middle of nowhere". The whole time we are looking for our stranded friend, their passenger, and car, I had my high beams on. All we saw, mile upon mile, were roads and trees. We eventually saw houses but no street lights whatsoever. Who are these brave souls that live out here?

What seemed like an eternity of dark roads and trees, we see the tow truck and car. The whole time as we were looking for our friend, 2 cars were following ever so closely behind us on a 2 lane road. Oooh, sirs why do you all make this even harder? I pull over to the right some ways past our friend's car so I could turn back around on this itty bitty road.

What I didn't see was this GIANT ditch I had went into. Thankfully, it wasn't too deep, but boy did we get stuck in it for a while. Thankfully again, I pull out of this GIANT ditch.

I get back on the road again to go towards their car and go yet into ANOTHER ditch. Daggone it! Why are there so many ditches? We all pile into my car and wait for the tow truck to pull off.

Right before I get to driving again, I made sure we prayed. I now understand more and more why some preachers pray for at least 2 hours a day. It is needed! Smooth sailing from then on.

Take away points? You better have a WHOLE lot of PRAYER before and after a trip back home.