We received a call at 9:30PM on Sunday Aug 31 from a desperate mother. Her son was a returned missionary (SL South mission) driving from Columbia Tennessee to SLC to go to LDS Business College and his car broke down near Council Bluffs and could Bishop Anderson help? Sure. This was the right bishop to call. We got in the truck and got the tow rope and a few tools and set out. Near Council Bluffs was really Nebraska City... an hour south. When you are traveling 20 hours.... 1 hour is close right? Kay looked the situation over and we towed the car to our house arriving home at midnight and didn't look at it till Monday.
He slept on our hide-a-bed and Sunday we took Lani Odom to church, the Mormon Trail Center for a tour explaining how lucky he was not to be a pioneer.. sludging through the mud puddle some call Iowa and having to stay here over a winter in your wagon, and then to dinner at Rachael's house.
Monday, after a thorough look and trying a few things, the Jeep was deemed flat lined... dead. We went to a picnic on Labor day and took Lani to the Zoo. Not to worry, Kay had his auto auctions and bought him a 2004 Pacifica with some hail damage (good deals on hail damaged vehicles here) for $2000. (book is just under $6000) on Tues. Wed, Thursday were spent getting the car in tip top shape for a cross country trip and stripping the parts worth selling from his dead 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee so he could take them with him to UT to sell, and Friday he left. Lani was a joy to have, our workers joked that Kay had another son here. They all said they liked him (he worked in the apartments for a bit) He was a great guy and we were glad to help someone in need. I am sure he will pass it along sometime.
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