Good Samaritans

There are still good Samaritans around. Yesterday Aaron was making the last of three trips to the landfill from our massive basement clean out. He had just dropped off his load and was making his way back home in the truck with Josh and Daniel along with him. He pulled out into the busy road to come home when the truck stalled and absolutely refused to start again. Aaron jumped out and tried to push it to the side of the road. Let me just say that truck is very HEAVY and hard to push and steer at the same time. Luckily, some guys pulled over immediately to help Aaron push it to the side of the road. That was very nice!! When it was pulled over to the side of the road Aaron looked at the gas gauge and unfortunately it was on "E". Another good Samaritan stopped and offered to drive to the nearest gas station (which wasn't very close by) to pick up a gallon of gas. It was about this time Aaron called me to let me know what was going on and why he was taking so long. The good Samaritan "A" got to the gas station and another good Samaritan "B" asked what he was doing and offered to pay for the gas--very awesome to offer to buy gas for someone he has never even met before. Good Samaritan "A" brought back the gas and poured it into the truck, but it still refused to start. It seems there is a bigger problem other than being out of gas. In the mean time Good Samaritan "C" stopped by with jumper cables because with all the tries to start the engine the battery was now dead. Unfortunately, even after that the truck still refused to start. Aaron then called me to come and pick up the boys while he called around to find someone else to help tow the disabled truck home. After calling about 5 different people he finally found someone at home (our very nice neighbor who happens to be our home teacher) who was willing to help. I came and picked up the boys who were about frozen by this time because they were in short sleeved shirts, didn't have any jackets or socks on and it was about 40 degrees. We finally got the truck home and had some more help from the other neighbors to push it into the drive way to park it. Now we get to try and diagnose what is wrong with it and what to do about it. We are thankful for all the help Aaron got while being stranded with the two boys. I guess this is just another "fun" experience to add to our file. Luckily we have never had anything like this happen so far in our marriage and hopefully it won't happen again for another very LONG TIME!!