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I'll be there, no matter when it is.

I wanted to share with you something, that just happened to me. I went to pick the boys up at their little school, and before I even reached the classroom, Elizabeth (the director of the program) caught up with me, and asked me, if she could talk to me for a minute in her office. I walked in, and then she called for one of the boys' teachers - Ellen, and as she walked in she asked her to close the door. I thought, oh, boy, what did the boys do!!! My first thought was, that one of them hurt another child, to the point where he or she had to be taken to the hospital...

She looked at me, and started: "Today, during the gym, Levi opened the door and walked outside, without anybody's noticing." It seemed as if she was talking soooo slooowly, my head was kind of starting to spin, I had a hard time breathing, and my whole body was slowly getting numb. Then she continued. "There was a car that just pulled in front of the gym..." And I thought: Here it comes... Elizabeth continued, as I tried to imagine all the scenarios she was about to describe to me. None of them including Levi alive and well... Don't laugh at me! I am a mom!!!

I think at this point I started to shake a little. Her face was so serious.... She continued: "The man got out of the car..." Oh no!!! He's been kidnapped, was my next thought. And then she FINALLY told me, that Levi was fine. He didn't get hurt or anything. The man was sitting in his car in front of the gym, trying to get directions from his map, and then he noticed a little kid running into the parking lot. He didn't see any adults around, so he jumped out of the car, grabbed him, and took him to the church/school, to see, if he belonged there. And of course he did.

She told me, she needed to be honest with me, and that she was very sorry on behalf of the supervising staff for what happened, and then said it never happened before, and it will definitely never happen again. She explained that he got through a door, that cannot be locked or blocked in any way, because it's marked as a fire exit. And they never had a kid strong or smart enough to figure out how to open it.

I was just so thankful that he was OK. Johnny was of course quite upset about it, but I said, you know, accidents happen to even the best mothers in the world. Levi is OK, and we are very thankful, so our only duty in this case is to forgive them, and pray and hope this won't happen again. But, this could have been a totally different case. God sent his angels to watch over him today, he placed the man there in the parking lot in the perfect time. The church is located pretty much on a corner of a very busy intersection...

So, that's our wonderful and encouraging event of today....

Ika