Ammon is in charge of building the new chapel up north. Even though Toronto temple is still being worked on he came home to do this project. As usual Cora didn't have a lot of notice to get all packed up and loaded up as she will be going with him. We have really loved these last few months when the girls would just drop in and stay undetermined days. It was great for the girls to be so close to each other as well as their husbands were away. They spent days at the beach and lots of time at each others houses, movies and dinner, and we had lots of picnic lunches. It has been a fabulous few months. Braydon has come home to work about the same time as Cora is moving, which I feel is also a blessing. As much as we will miss Cora and Jane, we are so excited for them to be back with Ammon again on a regular basis. It will be great to have him home in the evenings and weekends. Cora got everything pretty much packed up. Ammon flew home and then they made a few loads into a storage unit and loaded up what they were taking with them and made it to our house later Saturday. Sunday we had dinner with everyone for the reunion then Ammon took off. Cora was going to follow him that day, but thought Jane needed a day to just be in one spot after all the travelling the last few days. Monday she got up and I packed her some snacks and off she took on the 6.5 hr drive, with no air conditioning on a hot day. She had taken a spray bottle of water to spritz them both with if needed. Four hours into the trip there was a truck that had wood come out and it was so close, Cora couldn't swerve around it. She almost got hit, but drove over all the wood. She immediately knew she had a flat tire. A nice man stopped and asked if she was ok. Cora changed the tire and got back on the road, but then realized that the other tire was flat also. At this point she was not sure what to do. She had already used the spare. Ammon and Dave were both in meetings at work and she couldn't get a hold of them. Nathan was trying to help her use AMA, but they wouldn't let her. Some nice men stopped and overed to take her tire into the nearest town and get a new one. Another man had her sit in his truck with air conditioning, a tow truck kept calling her and asking if she was ok. He had a couple of assignments in front of hers. I think in all she said that 10 people stopped to offer help. She was on the side of the road for 3.5 hours. Jane did so good. The guys came back with a loaner tire that didn't exactly fit but would work and the man with a/c said he knew a good mechanic 30km away. The car had also mot been running well after the hit and had died once already. She put her blinkers on and the man followed her as she slowly crept along. As she got to the town, the car was still going and at this point she had gotten ahold of Ammon. He was lining up a trailer to come haul the car. So she kept driving. It started driving slower and slower and after crossing a double lane highway and almost having it stop, Cora decided that it was time to stop and wait. At this point she should have been long home. Another hour and Ammon got to her. They barely got the car loaded on the trailer and made it home. This is a very condensed version. A 6.5 hour trip turned into 13, but there were so many blessing along the way. They made it safe in the end. There were so many kind people that stopped to help. I have listened to way to much Dateline and was a little stressed, but she called us often and kept her phone charged. The wood coming off could have hit her and been so much worse. Kind people, Jane was good, and so much more. Prayers were answered. They were definitely watched over on that trip. We are so thankful.
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