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There are wonders aplenty in this life, and mostly in the mundane. Sometimes these wonders creep up on us and surprise us. Sometimes these wonders prove to us that God is in and about and alive through all life.
Recently I was reminded that ordinary Aussie adventures do occur, when we least expect them.
HOW THE STORY GOES...
Cycling home from work is usually mundane exercise, but not this day. As I peddled, approaching a stop sign, I noticed the car ahead of me with a flat tyre. I tapped on the driver's window, and, feeling a little creepy, reported the situation to the young lady driving. Noticing there were no men aboard, I offered to change the tyre for them.
Pretty standard story thus far...
It took a few minutes for the two young women - German backpackers, Jo and Catherine - to unload their luggage compartment so I could access the spare wheel. Then we found there was no wheel brace. This is when the story gets interesting.
An Australia Post courier drives past and I flag her down; she looks in the back of her van, but no wheel brace was found. She was very courteous; almost apologetic. A man drives past in a four-wheel-drive; he checks his wheel brace and doesn't know where to look; we can't help each other, but he is civil. The next car stopped is a small Hyundai with three women inside. The driver ruffles through her luggage compartment and finds a wheel brace, but it doesn't fit the Honda wheel nuts. She blesses us and then leaves. Then, as Catherine and Jo and I talk, Simon arrives, distinctive in his dreadlocks. He is ready to help. However, he checks his car - a Toyota SUV - and it lacks one wheel brace! "Good to know this," he says. Then I call my workplace and Jim, the storeman, agrees to bring some tools. He arrives in a matter of minutes and we have the tyre changed just as quick. But the spare tyre is the wrong one; it's a steel rim, not an alloy wheel like the one that has just been changed. But we do get it to fit good enough to drive a short distance. Soon enough Jim follows Jo and Catherine in getting the tyre fixed.
MORALS TO THIS STORY
These are the things I was reminded of in this everyday Aussie adventure:
1. Don't assume people don't want to help. Every single person we stopped was courteous and understanding; each felt bad that they couldn't help. God restored our faith in helpful humanity.
2. These are divine appointments. I would not have even met Jo, Catherine or Simon at all if it hadn't have been for this unfortunate event.
3. The most practical reminder is the need for a wheel brace for when we have a need to change a flat tyre. It's a good idea we are prepared.
There is plenty of good news in the world if we will only look to see it, just as there are plenty of good people. God, help us notice the good and these good people as we traverse our days, AMEN.
87% towns and 44% administrative village
Xinhuanet.com Beijing 15 October, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian says 15 days,hollister, since this year, the consumption of China's role in boosting the economy increases further,mulberry outlet, is expected this year, the consumption demand in China will continue to steadily accelerate growth, annual consumable market will still maintain 15% on growth.
Yao Jian on Thursday told a regular news conference,hollister online shop, since this year, Chinese domestic consumption continues to expand, the market sales growth speed,abercrombie.According to monitoring,hollister, September 1000 core retail sales grew by 10.
6%, 1.4 percentage point higher than in August, Chinese consumption to maintain steady and rapid growth.The first half of the year Chinese final consumption contribution rate to economic growth contribution rate for 53,hollister canada.
4%, than last year increase by 7.7 percentage points, pull move GDP growth by 3.8 percentage points.He said, China holiday market continued prosperity.Following the new year's day,hollister, Spring Festival, “ five one ” during urban and rural market consumption is exuberant, the thousand key commercial enterprises sales than the same period last year increased 13%, 13.
8% and 9%, October 1st to 8, the realization of the national retail sales of consumer goods retail sales of about 570000000000 yuan, average growth of 18% over the same period.Yao Jian expresses, Chinese dweller income grows continuously,hollister france, social security and health care system to be perfected ceaselessly, economic growth picks up continuously,franklin marshall, dweller consumption structure upgrades accelerate, dweller consumption endogenous dynamic enhanced.
Chinese rural market consumption speed.Rural consumption of countrywide urban and rural dweller consumption growth rate increase,hollister.The Chinese government to support agricultural and home appliances to the countryside policy promote below,hollister france, rural circulation system was further improved, thousands of villages and townships, double-hundred engineering,hollister outlet, agricultural super docking, the implementation of the project, improve the rural modern circulation network organization degree.
At present the whole nation already accumulative total construction, renovation of chain farm shop 36,mulberry, distribution center 1186, covering over 84% of the county,hollister pas cher, 87% towns and 44% administrative village, than 2008 respectively increase 9,hollister, 22 and 11 percentage points.
He said, &ldquo ” home appliances going to the countryside; product varieties from pilot when 3 class was expanded to 9 categories of 12 varieties, 6700 specifications,abercrombie, the first three quarters of the total sales of 20820000 units, a total amount of 38800000000 yuan.
“ household appliances trade-in ” in 9 pilot provinces and cities, as of October 13th,abercrombie paris, a total of recycling old home appliance 1075000, sales of new home appliance 768000, sales of nearly 3030000000 yuan; &ldquo,hollister pas cher; eleven ” the National Day Golden Week holidays,abercrombie and fitch, home appliance with old change new peak.
According to statistics, golden week 8 days, 9 pilot provinces and cities a total of recycling waste household appliances 308200, sales of new home appliance 222500,hollister, sales of 928000000 yuan. Author: Jiang Guocheng [source: xinhuanet.
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