Dont' underestimate the power of prayer! I was broke down on the highway going out of town and my bike died--the day after it was just in for a service check. I checked everything I knew to check then sat on the bike and prayed. When I opened my eyes and looked up, there was an old van parked right in front of me , very similar to the 'bread truck' Winnie, and this guy came walking towards me. He said "I don't know what I can do to help you, but the Lord just told me to stop and help." I said "all I need is a cell phone" and the guy told me he had a cell phone! I called the dealer and they came and picked up the bike and we went to the shop and they fixed the bike, and off I went again. Somehow the vacuum hose for the fuel petcock had come loose (2nd time) and the mechanic put a ziptie on it this time. It was a Sportster and you can't easily see that vacuum line from either side of the bike. Maybe it got bumped during service the day before. Anyway, I am a believer in prayer....just like the time I left my wallet AND all my money, and driver's license in a restroom at a gas stop---but didn't realize it until 50 miles further down the road towards home with about 100 more miles to go (I wasn't going to get 150 miles to a tank on the old Sportster!) ...or the time I was white water rafting with a friend and the raft overturned. Had ALL our money, credit cards and both sets of bike keys dumped in the river, lost!! That time I was about 2000 miles from home! Ya think I am working God overtime?? Believe it or not, we got EVERYTHING back! The fannypack had just enough air trapped in it to stay afloat but had drifted down the river and another raft picked it up, but we didn't know that until several hours later. We didn't even see it float away. I was running down a gravel road, barefoot, wet and cold and stopped to pray for God to please make everything alright. He sure did! My mother used to worry when I traveled on my bike alone, then I found out she had wanted to ferry planes to England during the war. The nut doesn't fall far from the tree. I know who I got this adventure streak from!
