So Maeghan Hadley of 1 Day Ranch and I go down the road this morning to visit with the woman who owns the Dakota gas station and store in the teeny tiny community of Bethel Acres, Oklahoma. Her little store is where the local community gets together for a cup of coffee or pizza or just to catch up with neighbors. A lovely woman and she was really moved by the fact that the whole NYSTY family will be converging on her little rural town to help rebuild the barn at 1 Day Ranch to benefit the community. So heres where it gets interesting. When I tell her about our Annies House project she says: I know Bottineau Winter Park! Im from North Dakota originally and I almost took a job at Bottineau Community College! I AM CONVINCED ANN NICOLE NELSON KNOWs WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO DO AT 1 DAY RANCH. Blown away by this coincidence I jokingly tell the woman (I think her name is Kathy) that I should buy some lottery tickets at her store so we can pay for the barn-raising! I buy three tickets and she immediately says to me: I think you got some lucky tickets here. The mega ball multiplier (the last number) on each of the three tickets ends in the numbers 9, 11, and 6. She says I know what the 9-11 signifies but Im not sure what the 6 represents? I immediately smile and tell her the guy who is our project manager for the 1 Day Ranch barn raising is Denny Deters from Iowa. Denny was the camp director at the Little Sioux Scout Camp where the four boys died in the tornado on June 11....6-11. Ann, Aaron, Ben, Josh, Sam, and a whole bunch of other angels are watching over this special project.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 01:22:49 +0000
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