When It Rains....It Pours.

When it rains....it pours.

Or...

Kick 'em while their down.

Or...

Why do bad things happen to good people?

These are just a few titles that this post could have!

If you follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram

then you know we had an accident on Friday with an employee and our company truck.

{that's the passenger side that you see....the driver's side took the brunt}

That's our bread and butter laying upside down.

Luckily, our dear friend and employee Joe, was completely uninjured.

The very most important detail of that scary afternoon.

Even with the tornado of 'stuff' flying around in the cab of the truck while he flipped and rolled

down that embankment.

It was pouring. Heavy heavy rain. He hit a pocket of water in a dip that sent that heavy truck

spinning and fishtailing all over the road.

We are so grateful he was not hurt.

The fire department said the heavy duty lumber rack kept the driver side cab from being crushed.

Now we are dealing with the financial end of things...never fun.

Especially during tough economical times in the construction world.

Our Bishop heard of the accident and then woke up at 4am 'thinking of us' on Saturday morning and asked to meet with us on Sunday just to chat and check in with us.

I am so thankful for a Bishop who listens to the promptings of the Spirit and follows through with them.

We needed that visit. We needed the counsel that came from him and that visit.

We needed the blessings he gave us during that visit.

And, we needed to be reminded that the Lord knows us and knows of our difficulties right now.

He scratched his head {for reals} while asking us why we were fostering during such tough times

while smiling and saying he thought it was the greatest thing...but really right now....
and after talking with us in detail agreed that it was the right thing for us to be doing right now.

But followed it with great counsel.

'SIMPLIFY the areas of your life that you can and turn to your Heavenly Father in prayer.'

He also counselled Dave and I to have couple prayer once a day and asked Dave to be responsible for initiating it. I loved not having that added to my plate.

I couldn't be more grateful for a wise and righteous Bishop who reminded me that I was married to a very good man. He also reminded Dave that he was married to a very energetic woman.

And we left with a spring in our step and a promise to Simplify our lives and pray more often.

I feel a 'Dear Dave + April' letter surfacing soon.

We need to get back on track.