Testimony of Healing February 10, 2003 Issue

Hitchhiker's prayer answered

Peter Sauers

When I was a freshman in college, I found myself in a predicament that required me to turn to someone who I thought would probably not be inclined to help me—God.

I was visiting some close friends at a college about three hours away from my university. The weekend mostly consisted of using recreational drugs and partying. On Sunday morning I overslept and missed my ride back up to Seattle. I was pretty panicked because I had a very important choir rehearsal back on my campus Sunday afternoon. If I missed this rehearsal, I knew I would probably be kicked out of the choir, which was highly esteemed and difficult to get into in the first place.

It was legal to hitchhike in Oregon, and my friend drove me to the nearby Oregon-Washington border and let me out close to the freeway on ramp. My plan was to hitchhike back to my university and hopefully get to my rehearsal on time. Unfortunately there were several other hitchhikers on the same ramp, standing in the drizzling rain. My situation looked dire.

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