On Monday my family decided to go up in the Mountains for Family Home Evening. It had been raining earlier that day but started to look better. So off we went. It took a little while to get where my husband wanted to go. It started to rain right when we arrived. The rain didn't stay long so we decided to stay and cook our dinner. It was nice, very peaceful. No one around. We had the place to our selves. 
After our dinners had been cooking for 20 minutes the rain came back with a vengeance. We were blessed that our food was cooked all the way because the rain put the fire out. We ate in the car and then started our drive back home. The kids were in good spirits until we started sliding. The dirt road was very muddy. I was driving and could see that they were scared. And lets face it I was the more scared than I've ever been. I was in a big SUV pulling a trailer plus caring my three precious cargo in the back. So I stopped and I said a prayer that we would be safe. I drove a little more. Then our car started fishtailing. Now I've driven in snow before and when you fishtail it really isn't a big deal, you can steer out of it. But this was different. I was in deep mud and there was a steep drop off the right side of the road. My oldest son told me he was scared. So I told him to say a prayer that he wouldn't be scared anymore. He did. Then we started to jack knife a little. I was extremely worried that the trailer would pull us over the edge. So I radioed my husband telling him it was his turn to drive. While he was loading the trailer I had the idea (inspired from heaven) to see if the DVD player was in the car. Sure enough it was there with all of our movies. I put a movie on and the kids were distracted. I'm so thankful I called my husband when I did. The road got worse and I know I wouldn't have been able to drive us to safety. It was so nice to be on the paved road again and be able to talk to my son about how Heavenly Father answered his prayer (It was a great Family Home Evening lesson since we were not able to do the one I prepared). The movie had distracted him and he wasn't scared anymore. President Spencer W. Kimball, former President of my church, once said, "God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs" ('Small acts of Service' Ensign, Dec 1974, p.5). Heavenly Father did watch over us. I was inspired to see if there was a DVD movie for the kids to watch and also to get my husband to finish the drive. I am once again grateful for the power of prayer.
After our dinners had been cooking for 20 minutes the rain came back with a vengeance. We were blessed that our food was cooked all the way because the rain put the fire out. We ate in the car and then started our drive back home. The kids were in good spirits until we started sliding. The dirt road was very muddy. I was driving and could see that they were scared. And lets face it I was the more scared than I've ever been. I was in a big SUV pulling a trailer plus caring my three precious cargo in the back. So I stopped and I said a prayer that we would be safe. I drove a little more. Then our car started fishtailing. Now I've driven in snow before and when you fishtail it really isn't a big deal, you can steer out of it. But this was different. I was in deep mud and there was a steep drop off the right side of the road. My oldest son told me he was scared. So I told him to say a prayer that he wouldn't be scared anymore. He did. Then we started to jack knife a little. I was extremely worried that the trailer would pull us over the edge. So I radioed my husband telling him it was his turn to drive. While he was loading the trailer I had the idea (inspired from heaven) to see if the DVD player was in the car. Sure enough it was there with all of our movies. I put a movie on and the kids were distracted. I'm so thankful I called my husband when I did. The road got worse and I know I wouldn't have been able to drive us to safety. It was so nice to be on the paved road again and be able to talk to my son about how Heavenly Father answered his prayer (It was a great Family Home Evening lesson since we were not able to do the one I prepared). The movie had distracted him and he wasn't scared anymore. President Spencer W. Kimball, former President of my church, once said, "God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs" ('Small acts of Service' Ensign, Dec 1974, p.5). Heavenly Father did watch over us. I was inspired to see if there was a DVD movie for the kids to watch and also to get my husband to finish the drive. I am once again grateful for the power of prayer.
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