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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 19 views
Melissa Kitcher became lost after she made a wrong turn about 3 miles into the 13.1 mile run of a half-marathon. The race director said he had no idea Kitcher was still on the course until her husband called hours later to ask about her. She said her phone had frozen before the race, but she wasn’t worried…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
Carla Squitieri was washing dishes. As was her practice, she removed her 12.5-Carat diamond while she washed. Her husband, Bernie accidentally swept it into the garbage. The next day when Carla realized what had happened it was too late. The garbage truck had already collected their trash. Carla thought…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
A water bill sent out in 1969 was finally returned to the sender, nearly 46 years later. The bill, totaling $1.40 was sent out by the Brunswick and Topsham Water District to a resident of Topsham in October 1969. When it arrived, the customer’s post box had been closed, so the bill should have automatically…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 92 views
A California man, who was lost out of bounds at a ski area, says he credits the ski patrol and his faith in God for his rescue. Michael Nessi said that after he became lost, he had intermittent cell service and was finally able to text his wife, but no one knew exactly where he was. While waiting in…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 22 views
67-year old Sabine Moreau intended to drive 80 miles to Brussels. The Belgian woman programed her car-navigation system and set out. Six countries and 1800 miles later she drove into Zagreb, Croatia. It was then she realized that she missed her turn somehow. Once she realized she was lost, she found…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 11 views
When World War Two veteran Irving Mann received a letter saying that his dog tag had been found in a field in France, he didn’t believe it. Mann served with the 90th infantry in occupied France in 1944, and assumed his dog tag fell off while he was digging foxholes. Mann says he doubted the person who…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
Like the prodigal son, KC decided to take what was his and go to the far country. The 14-year-old dog got loose from his owner while on a walk outside their suburban Detroit home. When he came to his senses he was far from home on out on the ice of Lake St. Clair, 4 miles from shore. Discovered and rescued…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
On December 28, 1996, Cho Shung-chul fell in a manhole in Seoul, Korea after a drinking binge. Knocked unconscious by the fall, he came to, disoriented. For the next eight days, Cho wandered through the city sewer system looking for a way out. He stayed alive by drinking sewer water and wrapping himself…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
In a newspaper column dealing with Faith and Values, author Jodi Detrick offers encouragement about the things or people in life that we may count as lost. She says the story of a wedding ring that was lost and then recovered over 50 years ago still inspires her. She tells how one of the men who worked…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Danielle Caroll lost her wedding ring at work while washing her hands with her young students. They were using “a slippery hand cleaner,” and she thinks the hand cleaner caused her ring to slip off her finger into the trash. When she realized she lost it, she searched in the trash, but it was gone. She…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
According to reports from the cell phone industry Americans lost nearly 30 billion dollars worth of mobile phone equipment in 2011 alone. The list of places phones were likely to disappear included coffee shops, workplaces, and restaurants. The security firm’s report concluded that the average American…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
After a Canadian couple became lost after following GPS instructions to a shorter more scenic route home, authorities are warning travelers in the Western United States not to rely solely on technology for navigation. in March 2011, Albert and Rita Chretien lost their way and were stuck in mud. Though…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 15 views
For an Oregon woman and her children their GPS device turned out to be a curse and a blessing. Melissa Batz and her children were about 15 minutes away from reaching their destination on a camping trip when their GPS unit sent them on a detour. The family drove onto a backcountry road, and soon got stuck…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 6 views
“In order to reach her office job, the 43-year-old Canadian woman gets on the same bus every morning and rides it to a distinctive downtown square. She then exits the bus and walks 30 yards to the tall building in front of her. At day’s end, she follows these simple directions in reverse to get home.…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 23 views
Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A local couple's engagement went awry after the bride-to-be dropped the ring into the ocean. Slipping away into the sea. Thousands of dollars washed away as a newly engaged couple learned a tough lesson. A Massachusetts…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 63 views
LOST In April of 1912, over 1500 people lost their lives in the North Atlantic when the ship that they were aboard, the Titanic sunk to the bottom on the ocean floor. Many tragic things happen to cause so many people to perish, but there was one that grips our attention. When the ship sank, there were…
Brad Shockley • Illustration • • 91 views
Ron and Karen Rohman preach the Gospel on the streets of downtown Portland, OR. They are jeered at by Christians and heathens alike. Here's their answer to those who say street preaching is so last century: "We simply argue that the cross be raised again, at the center of the market place as well as…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
63-year-old Jeanne Schnepp got stuck in raging waters during a fishing trip and her partially deflated raft hung on some brush leaving her with no way of escaping the river. Five days into her ordeal, a passing fisherman happened to see her. Schnepp said the brush she was trapped in was only a few hundred…
Michael McDonald • Illustration • • 10 views
There was great distress among the sheep. Little Wally, the son of prominent flock members Drusilla and Arthur, was missing. The panic had begun in early afternoon, when he did not return from play. Soon, though, the shepherd found out that Wally was gone, and about nightfall he set out to search for…
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"If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms around their knees, imploring them to stay. If hell must be filled, at least let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and un-prayed…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 8 views
LOST Authorities in Australia say an elderly man set out to get a morning newspaper, and ended up driving 400 miles after he accidentally turned onto a major highway. 81 year-old Eric Steward drove for 9 hours before he stopped and asked for directions. Steward eventually approached a policeman at a…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 19 views
Friday evening, the television news reported that three-year-old Joseph Leffler was lost in the woods outside Estacada, Oregon. A massive search was underway. The lost boy’s plight and his parents’ anguish captured the hearts of people in the northwest. Throughout the weekend, newspapers and newscasts…
Ralph Andrus • Illustration • • 49 views
Los Angeles Times - July 24, 2005 - 2:40 AM PDT WAIMEA, Hawaii A hiker lost for five days in a lava field near a volcano says he survived by drinking water he squeezed from moss in a mostly barren landscape. Gilbert Dewey Gaedcke III, 41, was rescued Friday afternoon after a teenager on a helicopter…
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Why do we do what we do? Sometimes we lose our sense of purpose. On a dangerous sea coast where shipwrecks often occur, there was once a crude little life-saving station. The building was just a hut, and there was only one boat, but the few devoted members kept a constant watch over the sea, and with…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 3 views
I was traveling with at tour in southern France when we stopped at Aries, a charming little French village. We had a break of about 30 minutes before the tour was to continue, so I and many others, got off the bus and went about exploring the village. I went off by myself to have a look around. The Village…