Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Divine Appointment at the Bus Garage

I have been helping a local school district driving a school bus for them in the mornings as they are desperate for drivers. The run I have is one no one wants. I drive the “troubled teens” to a special county school where I can’t let them off the bus until and escort comes out. As they enter the school they pass through a metal detector and then are “wanded” to be sure they have no weapons. I was doing my pre-trip bus check when the lady named Donna, who drives the bus parked next to me, asked if I wanted her to check my brake lights and back up lights. I said, “sure”. After checking the lights I exited the bus and we talked. She asked me how I liked driving these kids to school and I told her it really wasn’t that big of a deal. I told her that the other day one of the teens got on the bus and he wreaked of marijuana. When the escort at the school came out to get the kids he immediately smelled it and asked me which student it was, and I told him. The student hasn’t been on the bus since. I was told he had to meet with his probation officer for a drug test and that he may be locked up now. Donna told me that she has never smelled marijuana and has no idea what it smells like. I described it as best I could and then she said that when here kids were growing up, she doubts they ever used drugs, but they probably drank. I told her that I had never smoked, drank, or taken drugs. She said, “Wow, so you’ll live forever!” Open door….I told her that everyone was going to live forever, the only question was where we will be spending eternity. She asked if that meant that we would be “coming back to life?” I explained what was going to happen and shared the Gospel with her using the Way of the Master questions. Donna told me that her fiancĂ©e died 6 months ago and that she has not been able to move on with her life since then. I explained how Jesus could change all of that and gave her a copy of “One Second After You Die” and she thanked me repeatedly and said she would read it and get back to me with questions. Donna then made the comment that we must have met for a reason. I told her that God brought me to the school district and had me drive the bus parked next to hers so we could meet. God wants Donna in Heaven with Him when she dies. I look forward to following up with her tomorrow morning. Pray for Donna!

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