PTL! We got a ticket!

We have been sincerely praying for Amanda to have a positive experience with an officer so she can see they don't always treat people harshly based on negative assumptions. She has been frightened of authority figures ever since she was bullied by the four officers the night she sleepwalked. We still PTL for the DSS worker who intervened to spare her from more of it.

Our concerns are that she will again sleepwalk out of the house in spite of our precautions or one day be in a situation where she needs an officer's assistance. She needs to be able to trust them enough to be able to go to them if she needs their help. We have repeatedly said to her "Not all of them are like that. Some are good guys."

We can not explain how Clint and I missed the inspection sticker, which went out of date last July, on the "Mama Van." We even talked about and looked directly at it last night. For some reason we were blinded to the fact it is very out of date. We thought it had to be renewed THIS July. We have no explanation why we have not been pulled in all of this time, especially last Sunday when we were surrounded by deputies and State Troopers at Yorktown Battlefield. We believe it is the hand of God in Amanda's life answering our prayers to restore her confidence in authority figures.

We got pulled early this morning by the nicest State Trooper we have ever met. He was in a great mood and joked around with us. He told us to get the van inspected and he'd help us in court to reduce the ticket fees. It was such a healing experience for Amanda. She said she wished she had been picked up by him instead of the other man. We knew it was a message for Amanda when he looked right in the van and said "Hey, I am one of the good guys."

Clint has to go to court and pay a small fine, but it is well worth the big smile on Amanda's face when she was listening to the trooper talk. Our hearts soared when she said "HE was one of the good ones. I like him. He was nice!"

So, that's why we are praising the Lord for a ticket! :-)