Marine Angels on Assignment

Valerie Cullers 35 Comments

It was the early Seventies,  I was going to college at Southern Oregon University. It was a time of great social upheaval and cultural change. I met a girl from California and we became friends. Wendy was a kind and loving person and had a quality of innocence about her. She asked me if I would go with her to see a friend in Arcata, California. I asked her how we were going to get there. She said, “We’ll just hitchhike.”

That didn’t sound too great to me. I had hitchhiked once while at college and it was only for a few miles. That time, a friend and I were riding in the back of a pickup. I didn’t feel safe and did not want to stay in the truck and so my friend and I got out at a stoplight a few minutes down the road. I expressed my doubts to her, but she convinced me to go. Her plan was to only take rides from women. It sounded somewhat logical to my teenage mind and so I went.

At first, everything went well. We got rides from women and were well on our way down the Redwood Highway. Our last ride left us on the road while it was still light. As time passed, no one suitable came by and we were left standing on the side of the road as it began to get dark. We were totally unprepared to spend the night outside and had not taken sleeping bags or blankets to keep us warm. Neither did we take flashlights or matches.

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I was beginning to get worried and was very unhappy that I had chosen to go with Wendy. I’m sure I was thinking that if I ever got out of this situation, I would never hitchhike again. It grew dark and a car stopped. We looked inside and there were two young men with blond hair and crew cuts in the car. They looked different from the students we went to school with. They were very clean cut and looked safe and responsible.

We got in the car; it seemed like our only choice at the time. As we introduced ourselves, they told us they were Marines on leave from Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California. I told them that my brother was a Marine and where he was stationed at the time. Their level of concern for us immediately went up a notch. Because I was the sister of a fellow Marine, they felt an obligation to take us exactly where we needed to go. They wanted to make sure we made it to Arcata safe and sound.

We arrived in Arcata late that night. I slept on the floor of the dormitory where Wendy’s friend was staying. I remember thinking how God had taken care of us by bringing those two young men along that deserted highway at just the right time. Were they actual Marines or God’s angels sent to take care of two very foolish girls? I will never know, but I will always be grateful for the ride they provided and the concern they showed us that night. It is an experience I will never forget.

How about you? Has God provided for you in extraordinary circumstances? I would love to hear your story. I’m sure God’s angels have looked after each and every one of us. They surely walk among us, for as the Scripture says, “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.” Hebrews 13:2.

 

 

35 thoughts on “Marine Angels on Assignment”

  2. Back in those days there was a lot of hitch hiking but things still happened. You were very lucky for Gods angels to arrive! Do you ever think about how out lives could have changed in situations like this had God not intervened? I often make a quick decision to go home on a different way for no reason at all. I always thank God because I feel it avoided an accident.

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  6. I love this story for many reasons. First, my father was a marine for 20 years and our family was stationed at Camp Pendleton in the 60s. Though I didn’t do a lot of hitch hiking in the 70s, I did pick up a couple and gave my guardian angels a work out in other ways. After my dad retired from the marines, he and Mom were in their 70s when their car had a flat tire. An active duty marine stopped and helped them and got them where they needed to go. They became friends and he came to the renewal of their wedding vows on their 50th Anniversary.

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  10. many experiences over time have marked my life. I think that when we were in Bolivia, Inês and I, in the city of Villazón, 3600 m above sea level, at night, cold and with no place to stay, feeling the effects of aititude, we walked towards the train station when we met an Indian of advanced age. stopped, talked to us the way he could, and touched my forehead in prayer. she left and we followed, still impressed by what had happened until we met a young man and asked him where there was a place to stay. he just said: my house. I have this inside me forever and ever.

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    Amen-Amein!! ❤ ❤ GOD BLESS EVERYONE ❤ ❤

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    I Love you all Everyone through Jesus-Yeshua Christ, because HE LOVED 💕💜 EVERYONE FIRST Forevermore!!

    Love ❤ Always and Shalom ( Peace ), YSIC \o/

    Kristi Ann

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