"How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!... If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand." Psalm 139:17-18

Coincidence or God? You Decide is a collection of episodes the author's family and friends experienced. These stories take place in Mexico and the United States, with characters from both countries. In each story you will find an interesting and sometimes dangerous situation, such as a nine-passenger six-door Excursion traveling sixty miles an hour on the icy Arkansas River Bridge railing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Read what happened to the nine fathers inside the vehicle. Decide for yourself if God or luck was with them; and the girl whose foot was mangled in a packing plant accident, or the family who were marvelously saved when the train bridge over the San Rafael River broke and the center portion of the train they were in, fell into the river.

In this book you will meet a man who gave his home to a poor family; and a little boy who lost his father's best knife. His mother prayed, and moments later the boy's brother caught the fish with the knife in its mouth. Did that just happen? You decide.

In the days before cell phones, see what happened to a fifteen-year-old boy stranded at Love's Truck Stop in Gallup, New Mexico, 700 miles away from home. You will live through a tornado with the Hightower family in Neosho, Missouri, and shiver with Doña Margarita sitting on her house top during a long stormy night. You will bake with the Children's Christmas Project and learn how much they earned for the Huruma Orphanage in Kenya, Africa, and shout when a man gives Charlotte $500 for a basket of home-made bread.

While swimming at the Baja California coast, you will struggle with Tim against a strong undercurrent that was dragging him out into the Pacific Ocean. Will Tim see his family again?

Were the persons in danger accidentally saved, or did the power and love of God assist them? The author wants you to decide.

Both blessing and difficulty will swirl around us as we walk through life. Romans 8:28 says, "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."

Contents

The Road Not Taken
• Preface
• Foreword

• The Lost Knife
• Driving on the Bridge Railing
• The Flood that Changed Delores
• The Broken Train Bridge
• An Amazing Man
• Healed of Staph Infection
• Working for Jesus
• Walking Again After Seven Years!
• Our Savings Are Gone!
• A Great Reward
• $500 for a Basket of Bread
• Don't Give Up Your Dream!
• No More Stinky Feet
• Stranded 700 Miles from Home
• A Mangled Foot
• Just Stay Floating
• The Wall Came Tumbling Down
• "That Looks Like Grandma"
• What Has the Gospel Done for You?
• Vacation Bible School
• God's Mercy
• Meet Walter and Edema
• Miracles for Marcos
• The Rescue Mission
• Answers to Many Prayers
• The Children's Christmas Project
• Rosi's Fur Coat
• The Tornado
• Learning From Our Forefathers

• About the Author