Elder Nielson’s Testimony of Prayer

I wish to acknowledge the hand of the Lord that has been with me constantly. It is really is satisfying. I feel as if I am buoyed up, I don’t tire as easily. I am not bored being in the grader 12 hours a day. Yesterday I came upon a large washout in the road I was grading. It had formed a cliff six feet high. There seemed to be room to make a new road next to the washout. I tried to ascend the hill, but a large boulder caused me to spin out. I looked for another way up and finally found a rather graded incline up the hill a few hundred yards away. I was able to make at up between the trees and rocks. Once on top I returned to the washout hoping to go down the narrow way and push the big boulders in front of me. I went over the edge and got high centered on the blade of the grader and there I was, miles from headquarters, alone. I prayed and asked Heavenly Father how to get out. I was impressed to maneuver the blade back and forth, and sideways finally making a grove that let me lift the blade ever so much, then the tires were on the ground and I pulled out. I worked about 2 hours making a new road around the washout and got home just as it was getting dark. I sure didn’t want to be out in the thousands and unfamiliar acres trying to find my way home. Elder Keith Nielson
This is at the bottom of the washout the next day.

The washout.