~~~FOLLOW UP STORY~~~

I wanted to tell you guys this story that is the continuation of the "lost wallet" story. As most of you know Landon and I went with his school to Nashville for the National Beta Club competition last week. We stayed at the Opryland Hotel and you know how huge that place is. Beautiful though, especially at Christmas time. I'll post pics later. I'm behind :)

OK here goes... My friend Tracy and I were going back to our room on the 5th floor and the kids on the elevator with us needed off on the 2nd floor. Tracy and I were talking and didn't pay attention and got off on the 2nd floor (WRONG FLOOR) with them. We realized it after we walked a little bit and we decided to just walk to the other end of the hall to the elevator. While we were walking, I looked down and saw an I POD shuffle againist the wall. NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE HALL. Tracy said " We can turn it in to Guest Services"
I said"OH NOOOO! We are gonna find this kid and return their I POD"
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE STORY OF DELORES?????
So, we listened to the music so that when I returned it they could verify it was theirs . How many little green I Pod shuffles could there be on that one floor right????
The night before everyone was scheduled to leave we went back to 2nd floor @ 10:15pm.
Room check time for all the kids!!! We started at one end and asked the first adult BETA sponser we could find if any student had reported a lost IPOD. She said no and we asked her what room #'s did her school stop, so that we could go to the next school. As we were talking to the next sponser half way down the hall, 3 girls ran up to Tracy and I and said" Mam, did you find and IPOD. I asked her if she lost one and what color hers was. She said " It's a green IPOD shuffle" OK!! BINGO!! She verified almost ALL the music. YEA!!!!!! I hugged her and returned her IPOD to her. She was the sweetest little thing. 7th grade. I asked her if she had told her parents she lost it, she said "NO, I was trying to figure out how to tell them"
I FELT SO BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO RETURN THE FAVOR TO SOMEONE THAT DELORES HAD GIVEN TO ME!!! GOD IS SO GOOD. THE GREAT THING IS WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO FIND HIM. HE'S ALL AROUND US. HE'S IN BIG AND SMALL THINGS!!

PS: I ASKED THE GIRL WHERE SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AND SHE SAID "ST JOSEPH'S"
DR FREEMAN'S DAUGHTER GOES THERE AND SHE WAS STANDING 2 DOORS AWAY FROM ME. COINCIDENCE??? I TOLD YOU BEFORE I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT!!
BUT, I DO BELIEVE IN THE ALMIGHTY POWER AND LOVE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER.

JESUS!!! IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!!!! SHARE HIM WITH THOSE YOU MEET!!