This past Saturday night, Michael, the Darlings, and I (and of course Micah) went geocaching. For those that don't know what that is, you can check it out here http://www.geocaching.com/guide/default.aspx and find out more about it!
We started out looking for a cache in the middle of the woods off of Val Del road and searched for what seemed like forever before giving up on that one and heading to another cache. Our next cache took us to a little church off of hwy 41. Again, we searched and searched and couldn't find that one either. It was starting to thunder and we thought about calling it a night but decided we had to end the night with atleast one find. So, we set out for one more cache. This one took us to Smith Northview. Micah started getting fussy at this time so I stayed in the car with him trying to get him to sleep while the Darlings and Michael began searching for the cache. They looked around the gazebo in the front of the hospital and all along the line of woods near the parking lot. There was a car parked away from the other cars in the parking lot and a lady was in the car watching what Michael and the Darlings were doing. She thought they must have lost something and were looking for it, but I'm sure it looked suspicious to her. However, she recognized that Michael was one of the pastors at CrossPointe and approached him crying. Turns out, her family has been coming to CrossPointe and met Michael before. She began sharing her story with Michael in the hospital parking lot. She and her husband are separated and he wants a divorce but she doesn't. She drove to the hospital that night, not to visit anyone, but to just clear her heard. She was feeling like God was far away and wasn't hearing her prayers and then she looked up and saw Michael practically standing right in front of her car. Michael and I ended up praying with her and got to share with her why we were even there. Turns out, the exact coordinates for the cache we were looking for was where her car was parked. We did end up finding the cache on a pole in front of her car, but more importantly, we got to experience a divine appointment set up by God to minister to this sweet lady that was in need of feeling God draw her closer. She left knowing that God had planned that meeting that night and we left blessed to be used by Him!! What an awesome God we serve!!
