A nice experience

We have had a kind of cool experience this week. I have to set the stage for you. Most of you know that David's car died and they are currently without a car. They have a very generous family in their ward who lends them a car almost every weekend to run around with. I have been amazed at the generosity of that family (they also invite them to dinner and outings etc.). Well, this week we had a "less active" sister that had a car break down. We know each other by sight, but not well. The RS president asked if anyone could help her out. You know the Melville family tradition is to have one more car than you have drivers, just in case. I felt very prompted to offer one of our cars. It is kind of a "pay it forward" kind of thing. Someone is way across the country taking good care of my family so I felt a need to take care of someone else. The sister that borrowed our car has called several times to say how touched she was by our generosity to a stranger and how much she needed it. It turns out that she has been recently divorced and is working two jobs to get things together. Both are fairly new jobs and she probably would have been fired for not coming (one is the post office and one she is still in training). Most of you know what a hard thing it is for Rick to lend a car to anyone. He has been so supportive of it this week. We both have felt so lucky to have Dave's ward take such good care of them. I know a lot of this sounds redundant, but I just am so thrilled to be able to share in the joy that service and the gospel organization spreads. It is so nice to know that there are wards and people all over the world who take care of each other and that we also get our turns to take care of people ourselves. I had a couple of depressing incidences the last couple of weeks and this was just the medicine I needed to remind about how much the Lord loves us and looks after us. He is so aware of what we need and provides ways for us to refresh our spirits when we need. What a sweet way to add holiday cheer to our lives this week.