Tender Mercies

The Bosch Mixer for Kelly and Nick Story

Bonnie ordered a Bosch mixer for the Bridal Shower. The mixer was to be the Family Wedding Gift. She sent it to me to wrap and take to the shower. When the package had not arrived by the day of the shower, I sent her a message.

She didn't receive the message for three days, because she and Mike were in Korea. When she returned, she called and the packages had still not arrived. She called the company where she had ordered it. The customer service rep looked up the tracking and it had been delievered.... three weeks before. Supposedly to our house on the front step.

Bonnie checked the address on her invoice. It was the incorrect address.

The address where the delivery was made was 7 miles away on the west end of Bradbury.

I knew that is all farm land and few houses by the road and most are for workers. I looked on Google Maps and could see that there were three houses right by the road. I didn't feel like I could go alone and that I would need Spanish. About 2pm, I drove out to see the houses. It was difficult to tell exactly where the address belonged. Mildred said:

"You have arrived".

There were no cars and I saw no one. When Ron got home, it was just getting dark. Before we went he made three signs in Spanish:

We have lost two boxes. They were delivered 21 days ago.

If you have the boxes call..... (office phone)

When we were driving by and stopped to put the signs up, a man came out of this barn. He spoke some English, but Spanish was his choice.

Ron explained the problem. Jose said that the man who lived in the last house, would not be home until 9AM the next morning.

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Ron was concerned. The boxes could have been opened and sold.

Bonnie was "sick" over her mistake.

I had a feeling we would get the boxes.

The next evening when I arrived home about 5 there was a message from our answering service. A man had called and he had the boxes.

In five minutes we were on our way down the road. 

Jose was at the barn when we arrived and directed us to the house on the end. Ron knocked on the door and a women in her late 20's opened the door and there were the boxes, right by the door.

The boxes were in our car. We both wept in gratitude for this tender mercy. Heavenly Father cares about us therefore, he care about misdirected boxes.

I knew Bonnie had been praying. I had faith and wished I had prayed even more. Ron said "How could I have known when I opened my mission call to a Spanish speaking mission that speaking Spanish would be such a blessing to me in my life?"

I placed the boxes front and center for a week so we could be reminded of the 

TENDER MERCIES we receive.