Truckers help
member find her way

RIVER RIDGE, Louisiana—Jackie Hopson, a member in Omaha, Nebraska, and daughter of members Lonnie and Armada Ashworth of River Ridge, was moving back to Louisiana to help her mother, who can no longer walk, take care of her father.

She was driving a 17-foot U-Haul truck with a full trailer behind it carrying her car. As she left Omaha, she called to say she was on the way. "We prayed for armor around her and Brandy Brown, a foster daughter, who was accompanying her," Mrs. Ashworth said. "We also prayed for angels around the truck and trailer."

They stopped that night at a motel, but woke up early. They started out again not realizing how dark it was. They drove down the highway, struggling to see in the dark countryside. The highway turned, but they went straight. They realized they were on a narrow, two-lane country road. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in the darkness. Looking in her rear-view mirror, Jackie saw a semi-trailer with a lighted cross on the radiator.

Overwhelmed by this sign of God’s love, she prayed her thanks to him, while attempting to see where she was going. The road had no boundary stripes.

Now she became aware of another large truck passing both the semi and her rig. This truck pulled in front of her with all kinds of lights on the rear of the trailer.

Sandwiched between these two trucks, she drove until she came to a gas station where she could ask for directions. Both trucks quickly disappeared. They had reached a safe haven. Next door was a restaurant and an entrance back to their original highway.

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