Great topic, Stan.
One of the most memorable days afield merely coincided with a Spring turkey hunt a little west of San Antonio near a small town called Pearsall. I was the guest of a neighbor whose wife's family has several thousand acres there.
There can be crawling, sitting, walking- all kinds of movement in, around, and through brush and brambles, all designed to separate you from your cell phone or any other valuable item not sewn inside your turkey vest. So the cell phone was left at camp, along with my wallet, after putting the license with tags in a zippered pocket.
We had arrived on a Thursday evening, and our Friday morning hunt was uneventful. We broke for lunch, and were discussing options for the afternoon when my neighbor's phone went off. He held it up to me and asked me if I recognized the number. I did and he handed it to me. The voice said, "if you pray for a miracle, you might want to be available to be informed of its occurrence."
Two days earlier I had spent a considerable time in prayer for my daughter. She wanted to attend a well known University in Texas, but the scholarships offered/available were insufficient. She had a full ride offer at a lesser institution, but they did not offer a degree in the field she wanted. Dad didn't have the money, and I was not too proud to ask for help. There was a particular scholarship that she had applied for, making it to the last cut. She was an alternate or some such thing. Anyway, my prayer was not that she would displace anyone, but that someone who had it would end up not needing it.
She had received a call late Thursday afternoon, informing her that a recipient of the scholarship had been accepted to one of the military academies, and no longer needed it. Could she come in Friday for an interview? By the time her mother got hold of me, the interview was to take place in an hour or so.
She graduated in 3 1/2 years, and came away with money in the bank. I came away that day feeling very humble- and grateful.
Remains to this day one of the most memorable days of my life.
I have never shared this publicly.
Mike
