Saturday, March 1, 2014

What I found in the Dumpster...

Just wanted to check in for a bit and tell ya'll a cute little story of what I did on Friday.

The youth group from our church were going camping this week-end and my husband is the co-director of it - so I went with him this week-end. Well we went Thursday but ended up having a part of the toilet blow out and flooded the hallway of the rv - so I came home on Thursday to wash up the towels and such and then my husband fixed the problems and I went back out. Well on Friday I had a bag of trash to take to the dumpster. When I opened the lid and looked inside - the dumpster was mostly empty. There in the opposite corner was a raccoon, curled up asleep. I called my husband over and told him. He said to open the dumpster - maybe he could get out. He got up and he tried and tried, but could not get out. I felt sorry for the little guy. So I went to look for a long branch to put in the trashcan to help him get out. The creek bed behind out spot was dry so I went walking along it and found a good sized branch and took it to the dumpster. By the time I got back the raccoon was curled up back in the corner- he had given up. We stuck the branch into the dumpster and stood on the opposite side- the raccoon slowly made his way up the branch and jumped down on the other side- and then ran to the dry creek bed. Poor thing- who knows how long he had been stuck in there. You could tell he was weak and wore down. I was so thankful that I went to the trashcan when I did and that I looked inside and that I was able to help him get out.

I am home tonight - there is a good chance that some rough weather is going to roll in in the early am - there is even a chance of like sleet and ice- our temps at midnight will be the high and it will go down from there - and it could be below freezing by 3pm - depending on how quickly the system comes in. I just would not be able to get out in the cold, rainy, nasty weather - so it was better for me to come home. I am tired tonight and hoping to sleep better tonight than I did last night.

It was a beautiful day yesterday and today. A real blessing from God. I love to be out in nature - it was refreshing to my soul. I am glad I was able to go- even just for one night.

My animals were very happy to see me when I got home. I was happy to see them too.

Well I better close - just wanted to share my story with you all. Hope you all are having a good week end! :O)

4 comments:

  1. I'm so glad you were able to rescue the raccoon from the dumpster! Thankfully that story has such a happy ending :)

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  2. Oh, I'm really glad you rescued the little guy! He must have been really glad to get out!

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  3. So happy you were able to go out for awhile, AND that you found the raccoon and were able to think of a way to rescue him. God knew where that little fellow was, and He sent YOU to save him!

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