I broke down on the way to work and it was awesome

Does that sound weird or what? Here's the story including all the details of how I broke down on the way to work and why it was one of the most amazing things I have experienced.

I was getting ready to leave for work on a rainy night in April. The battery was dead when I got in the pickup but since I had no other option that night I decided to try bump starting it, good thing I was parked on a hill right? I never park in that spot. It fired up after the second try which was good, but when I turned the lights on they were very dim. The wipers moved across the window very slowly. This means that the battery was weak and the alternator wasn't working. but like I said I had no other option that night, had to get to work. All was well until I came upon a car pulled over by 2 cops at the intersection of Hampden and University. Well I killed it. right in the middle of traffic at the worst possible time. I was that guy. Broken down in the rain. Causing you to be late. So, I prayed. I asked God to take care of me, to help me get to work.

I jumped out of the truck and gave it a push, to see if I could bump start it again. Nope. I was stuck, at this point I needed a new plan so I looked around, noticing that I was wearing my work uniform, I never wear my uniform home, I grabbed my flashlight on my belt and thanked God for my reflective, water proof coat that was part of my uniform. I popped the hood and looked around to see if anyone would volunteer to help me. No volunteers. I went to the only other pickup in traffic and knocked on the window, the guy didn't want to help but finally decided to give me a hand and jump start me. He backed his truck around and parked next to me in a safe spot, at this point I noticed one of the cops had moved his car behind my truck to keep us from being hit. So the man jumped out of his truck and threw on his reflective vest that was behind his seat. I asked, as I always do if he knew what he was doing with the jumper cables and he said he did this stuff all day and that he works for AAA and just got off shift and was driving home. Nice! So we got the old beast fired up but still no charging, still no lights. I thanked the man and took off to try to get the rest of the way to work before it finally ran out of electricity and really stranded me.

So there I was flying down the on-ramp onto I-25 in traffic with no headlights, no blinkers, no windshield wipers and no brake lights. Thankful to even be moving. anyways, I made it to work that day, I rolled into the big parking lot heading for the gate so I could pull the truck into a hangar to work on it. no such luck, it shut down in the middle of the parking lot and i coasted into a spot. Woohoo! I made it safely! I snagged my lunch box and headed inside to clock in, all other days I would have to dress out before I clocked in but as I said before I had worn my uniform home the day before and was good to go. I clocked in with 20 seconds to spare. I was so happy that I made it to work and after all that I was safe and on time.

I took my first opportunity to check online to see what a new alternator would cost. $40 bucks that aint bad! 30 minutes later a plane came in and I delivered a customer car, i got a 3 dollar tip, sweeeet that will help me pay for parts to fix my pickup! I ussually do not get tips just because of the time I work and the majority of flights are cargo or medical. The airplane was heading right back out and took some fuel, the pilot was thankful for the service so he gave more tip money! My new tip total was $10. Quarter of the way to my new alternator!

Later that night I went to pull the battery for charging and the alternator for replacement and discovered that the only thing wrong with the truck is that the alternator belt was missing. It had broken and disappeared. ussually when a belt breaks it causes the other belts to break too or at least jump off track but not this time. My plans changed, I no longer needed an alternator. I checked online and the price of 2 new belts, ya know, best to replace them all at the same time, $10. The price of parts was covered. Completely, Exactly.

SO!!!! a quick run through the details.

I wore my uniform home for the second time in history. which gave me a reflective coat and a flashlight.

I parked in a place that I never park, I don't know why.

The AAA guy was the one that helped me.

The fact that the truck even ran for the hour it takes me to drive to work without any charge is just nuts.

I didn't get pulled over for driving without lights.

I was kept safe even while driving in the rain without lights or wipers or signals.

I made it to work on time, without leaving early and after a breakdown in traffic.

I got tipped twice.

The price of parts was completely covered.

Weow that is a lot of coincidence...I can't believe that much coincidence... If you remember that part early in my story, when I first started my trip to work, I prayed. It wasn't a big amazing prayer, it was simple and small and seemingly insignificant... but my God loves me. This was just his way of reminding me.