Me? A School Bus Driver?

First off let me say that today the pictures have nothing to do with the rest of the content.

I am just adding some random shots to break up the commentary. The title of this post kind of says it all.

Back in 1979 I had no desire to become a school bus driver.

I had been told by my doctor that I needed to get a job outside of the home.

He felt it would be good for my mental health.

Jake and I were living 8 miles from the nearest town and had only one vehicle,

which Jake needed to get to his work.

Our son was starting school in September,so what was I to do?

I had heard of the need for a bus driver for our rural one room school.

This sounded good,but I was quite sure that I could never do this sort of thing.

I didn't really 'want' this job,but after talking abut this with Jake and also some

of our friends,I thought I might be able to do it for a year or two.

I decided to not apply for the job,but,I do remember one morning

during my devotions,praying about it.

I soon found out that God has a sense of humor.

My prayer had gone something like this,

"Lord, I am not going to call about this job,but,if you want me to have it

let them call me".Amen.

I had no sooner said 'Amen',when the phone rang.

The voice on the other end was the person in charge of hiring a bus driver.

He asked if I would be interested in this job.

I started to hem and haw,and then could almost hear God say,

'What did you just pray?'

At this point I said,'Yes,I would like to have the job.'

I signed some papers that same day and started my training.

Back then training meant to upgrade my license to a higher class.

This was fairly easy and by the middle of October 1979,

I was the official school bus driver for the Mason School.