Friday morning, June 4, I flew from Milwaukee to St. Louis to get a ride to Quincy, Illinois, where the Central Illinois District LWML Convention was going to be held. As I have often said, travel these days is not too much fun, but it is a great way to get somewhere fast. In the case of St. Louis it is about a 50 minute flight versus an 8 hour drive. Enough said! It was very cold in the terminal so I had gotten a cup of hot tea that was way too hot to drink; why do they do that? Oh well, I decided to take it on board with me and sip it after it cooled. The plane that I was on was a small regional jet with very small overhead compartments. My computer case did not fit; it did fit under the seat, if you count overlapping into the foot space of the person next to me. that seat was vacant, so I had a possibility that it would remain so. However, jsut a few minutes before the door closed a young man came and took the seat; he was dressed casually in shorts, a polo shirt and tennis shoes; this becomes important later on. He was very gracious and said that he had plenty of room for his feet under the seat in front of us; thank you Lord, for placing a kind man next to me! About 20 minutes into the flight I was engrossed in my book, and somehow bumped that cup of tea that was on my tray…right onto my seat mate! Talk about a gracious man; he quickly jumped up and got some paper towels from the flight attendant and we mopped up the tea. Thankful for several things: the tea had cooled considerably, so no one was burned; the lid did hold and not too much tea was spilled; and (remember) he was wearing casual, washable clothes. Whew! My jacket will have to be dry cleaned. For the rest of the trip we talked; he is a pipe-fitter, traveling to where the work on nuclear power plants is located, keeping his family in Milwaukee. He is a native of Puerto Rico, and convinced me that is one place I want to see. We talked about the Lord and our faith in Jesus.
Thank you, Lord, for directing my steps, and my missteps!