Mail miracle

Well, in the continuing identity saga, we witnessed a miracle this week. On Tuesday we received a tax refund check. It had our Washington address on it; the mail forwarding on that address expired six months ago. And yet that check found its way from Washington to Utah and finally to Illinois. The check was made out to me and another man who is obviously not my partner or spouse. When I Googled his name, it showed that he lives in Renton about a mile from where we used to live. I have many questions regarding all of this, but am grateful for divine intervention to have the check actually reach me. Unfortunately it wasn't my actual refund; it was the fraudulent one. But no one else can cash it now.

After several phone calls, I was instructed to void the check, write a letter explaining everything and mail it back to the IRS. They said the other name on the check was probably bogus though they promised to investigate. I was reminded that, unfortunately I would have to wait 180 days before I would receive my refund and then only after they were able to prove that I am who I say I am. I called the police to give them the additional information but haven't heard from the detective since the message I left him on Tuesday. I know they are busy, but really???

Our mission pick-up truck was totaled in an accident back in January. They told me they had ordered a replacement. When I called last week to find out the delivery status of it, they paused and informed me that they had forgotten to order it. So, even with a rush on the order, it will still be at least another 60 days before we will get it from the factory. Feeling somewhat bad, I suppose, they called me back and told me that I could put into our fleet a 2010 Silverado truck that the Facilities Management group gave me to sell for them. So, noticing two Fridays ago that the registration would expire on that truck on March 31, I went in to register it. After waiting in line for an hour, I was informed that it needed an emissions test before I could do that. On Monday morning, I took it in for the emissions test and after waiting in line for 50 minutes because it was the last day of the month, I was informed that it failed the test.

To make a long story short, I called 5 shops to get someone to fix it so it would pass. No one could get me in until Thursday. We picked it up on Friday, but too late to do the registration. I will go stand in line again tomorrow to get that done.

I have been shuffling cars around all week so that I can sell 7 of them. Now that I have taken those out of service, I need to get each of them detailed and have a body shop repair dents and scratches. Then I get to find buyers for those cars and handle all of the paperwork, etc. where is my friend, Tim Duffy when I need him? He's the one I have always trusted when I needed to buy or sell cars.

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to General Conference this weekend. What inspiring and uplifting messages by our Church leaders. Many things to ponder and changes/tweaks in my life to make.

I actually do love what I am doing, who I am serving with and whom I am serving. I testify that we have a Father in Heaven who knows us and loves us. Jesus Christ is the Savior of mankind. The gospel of Jesus Christ, when lived brings joy, happiness and peace in The troubled world in which we live. Have a wonderful week.

Elder Taggart