God's Surprise

Last night shortly after 5 O'clock I put my shoes on, pushed away from the computer desk and told Missie we were going walking. I was in the kitchen when I heard a ringing come from the computer. One of my missionaries needed help. I did not even have Siebel up. I finally got on and clicked on Monitor so I could join the conversation. The patron needed a transfer to HQ. I talked the missionary through it but it did not work for her. Finally I told her to give me the patron's phone number and the case number.

I called the patron and attempted an announced transfer and got a technician but I lost the "complete transfer" button. I retrieved the patron from hold and tried it again. This time I clicked on "Conference". We got a technician in Japan. (By this time I knew a walk was out of the question and Missie had curled up at my feet. I had a feeling though that God might have a blessing in store for me.)

The HQ missionary did a landesk and talked to the patron as he did it. He remarked how wonderful our technology was that he could help her all the way around the world. He discovered that it was her firewall that was blocking some batches from downloading. By this time it was 6:20 PM and I knew the sun had gone down. I got Missie anyway and out we went to the neighbor's to see if she wanted to walk to the end of our long block and back. On the way to her house I noticed the clouds to the West. They were all gray with a beautiful pattern and I assumed that we had missed a beautiful sunset. As Evelyn and I started out, we saw a little pink to the Northwest. To our surprise it began to spread and got brighter. Soon it had traveled to the Southwest where I had seen the beautiful cloud pattern. All the clouds there turned bright pink and looked like tongues of color spreading upward. It was the most beautiful sunset I have seen in a long time. Evelyn and I said it would have made a beautiful painting.

But that was not the end of God's surprise for me. As Missie and I neared the house, I smelled the most beautiful fragrance and nothing around is in bloom. God blessed me with a beautiful surprise to delight my senses.