Saved Lives
Posted on Jan 30, 2007
I had been playing music with Gordon for several years, and he booked a Friday and Saturday night gig in Lemmon SD He had a big Motor home, and loaded up Terry and his drums, and Dave and his Bass and amps, and me with my steel Guitar and amplifier. We had played there on several Saturday nights over the years, and it was a large nightclub and a fun place to play.. We played Friday night, and crawled into the motor home about 1:30 in the morning, chatted an hour or so and finally went to bed, we could sleep in till noon if we wanted. We played again Saturday night, then packed up all our stuff, but decided to stay there the night, as we were too tired for the long drive home. At some time during the night, I woke up, and had to pee..this meant a trip outside, because we weren't hauling water, so the bathroom didn't work. I had a bit of a headache, and needed a cigarette, I always left them on on top of my Amp, which was surrounded by by bunk, and other amps around it, I found the cigarettes, but couldn't find the lighter! there was no where it could go. The place I had them was about 9 inches square, and I felt it over and over, checking the rest of the anp too. This really pissed me, because I had intentionally left them where I could find them fast. I crawled out of bed and went outsideand did my job, but on re-entering the motorhome I realized it was filled with gas fumes, I called out to them "get out of there and don't make a spark! It is filled with gas fumes!!" They all got out, and Gorden went back in and opened the ceiling vent, to help air it out, and opened the windows,and left the door open. After it had aired out, he fouind the pilot ligh tin the oven had gone out and was pumping the gas into the interior. When I got back to my bunk, there was my lighter right next to the pack of cigarettes where it was supposed to be, yet had I found it, we would all have been blown to bits. I wonder if we ever thanked the Lord for this?? I believe one of our Guardian Angels hid the lighter, so that I could not find it, in order to save our lives, or to at least save us from serious injury, yet I wonder if we ever thought to thank the Lord for this? Barnabus http://amazinghappenings.shoutpost.com/
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