[Gospelchristianity] Please pray for Jennifer

[Dave Robbins]

OK, now I'm giggling!   Jill

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Robinson B. Heath <heath at rsqrd.com> wrote:

> I doubt it is any consolation but I made a trip to Orlando before Courtney
> and I were married to try to find a part-time job and an apartment to rent.
>  I arrived the airport car rental desk only to discover that my license had
> expired.
>
> I decided that my only option was public transportation.  Unfortunately I
> had never ridden public transportation before so I made several mistakes.
>  After hours of riding a bus, I ended up at a hotel that was the right brand
> but the wrong location.  I ended up taking a cab ($$$) to the north side of
> town.  I order pizza for dinner and proceeded to pass out (not literally) on
> the bed and wake up 4 hours later.  I did make it to the job fair, but I
> didn't get a job.  The only promising job offer was a web developer working
> on porn websites.  I decided that maybe that wasn't the best profession for
> a seminary student.  I did manage to find us an affordable apartment settled
> nicely among adult gift shops and strip joints where we lived for three
> years.
>
> Surely Jennifer's trip will turn out better than mine.  Needless to say, I
> am pretty careful about my driver's license when I travel now.
>
> On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Eric Brown wrote:
>
> Oh, we will surely be praying for all of you.
>
> Eric and Carol
>
> *J.C. Ryle's Lament<http://eleventary.blogspot.com/2009/06/jc-ryles-lament.html>
> "There is no duty in religion so neglected as private prayer."
> *
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Jaime M Madrid <jjalmadrid at sbcglobal.net>
> *To:* GospelChristianity at midnighthour.org
> *Sent:* Mon, August 9, 2010 9:41:53 PM
> *Subject:* [Gospelchristianity] Please pray for Jennifer
>
> Hello All,
>
> Jennifer is stranded (sort of) in Chicago.  A series of errors and
> miscommunicatons  has left Jennifer without a way to rent a car to get her
> to her final destination in Wisconsin.  We spent all of Sunday trying to get
> her and the rental car company some information so that she could  get a car
> but Texas DPS was closed so they could not provide proof of eligibility for
> her.  So she stayed at a hotel at Ohare Sunday night.  Monday DPS informed
> us that she did not have a valid license(..That is a very long story and
> where our problems started, so I will skip that for now..) so she could NOT
> rent a car.  We then spent hours trying to get airline information so that
> she could fly to Green Bay.  We got conflicting information and Jennifer
> especially got the runaround at the airport.  Eventually we decided that she
> should rest from the stress of the day and spend tonight at another airport
> hotel tonight and take a bus to Green Bay tomorrow.
>
> Tonight we joked that she should take a train at some point so that she
> could check off Planes, Trains, and automobiles.  She might have trouble
> tomorrow at the bus stop because their systems are down and we are not sure
> they will have her online reservation ready in the morning.  Did I mention
> that Mia is with Jennifer?  Jen says that Mia is being a real trooper and
> only breaking down when it seems reasonable.  There are so many details that
> I have left out and a few failings on my part to be a comforting and helpful
> resource.  I feel very powerless and helpless so I know my fustration has
> been showing to her.  Money is an object so the easiest solution has not
> always been possible.  Even with trying to pick the least costliest option
> we are out considerable monies trying to get Jennifer "home".  Desperate
> traveling is expensive traveling.
>
> Please pray for Jennifer and Mia.  They still have to get to Wisconsin and
> still have the visit with her grandmother and will be at the mercy of others
> to get around.  Pray for me to be a source of shelter and refuge for
> Jennifer.
>
> Some day we will look back and laugh.  Right now, we are only managing a
> giggle or two.  More to follow.
>
> Jaime
>
>
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