My sister sent this by email: I had to share!

Officer James Givens has served with the Cincinnati Police Department for over 26 years, but has never quite experienced anything like this before.

He was sitting in his patrol car in a parking lot when he got an unexpected visitor.

A goose came up to his car and started pecking on the side of it.

He threw food out for her, thinking that's what she wanted, but she didn't take it.
 

She continued to peck and quack, then walked away, stopped, and looked back at Officer Givens.

Then she came back to his car and pecked at it again.

She made it very obvious that she wanted Officer Givens to follow her, so he finally got out of his car and did just that.

The goose led him 100 yard away to a grassy area near a creek.

Sitting there was one of her babies, tangled up in a balloon string.

The baby was kicking its feet, desperate for help.

Being wary of helping the baby on his own, and worried that the goose might attack him, Givens called for help from the SPCA, but no wildlife rescuers were available at the moment.

Luckily, Given's colleague, Officer Cecilia Charron, came to help. She began to untangle the baby, and the mother goose just stood there and watched, quacking.

She didn't become aggressive, and just let Officer Charron do what she had to do to set the baby free.
It was like the mother goose knew they were helping.

Once Charron untangled the baby, she put it down and it ran right to her mom, and they went right to swimming in the creek.

Charron teared up and said it was the highlight of her 24 years on the force.

"It seems like something made up. It was just incredible," Givens said.

"I honestly don't know why I decided to follow her, but I did. It makes me wonder – do they know to turn to humans when they need help?"

We may never know the answer to this question, but what we do know is that Officer Givens was in the right place at the right time to help these geese!

Life is precious.

A great story with a good ending.

The nicest place to be is in someone's thoughts,
the safest place to be is in someone's prayers,
and the very best place to be is ........
in the hands of God.

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A Response to the Call

     When I was a girl, I remember days of playing in the fields, walking through the woods gathering wild flowers, reading a good book, or another of a multitude of things that seemed so important in my young life.  But when I heard my mother or father call, I was swift to respond.  They never called me unless they really needed me.  Often it was for something wonderful, like one of Mom’s home cooked meals, or exciting mail addressed to me, or a chore that I needed to do.  Yes, even the chore was wonderful, although I would have denied it at the time.  The things I learned by responding to their calls to do chores were  life lessons...wonderful lessons that serve me well now that I am an adult.  I would never have even dreamed of ignoring their call...or of saying no to the chore.

     And so it is today...when the Lord calls, we would be wise to swiftly respond.  And he does call us.  Sometimes it is through the Bishop’s voice with a “chore” that needs to be done.  Sometimes it is through the voice of our Relief Society President, or a member in need.  No matter whose voice it is that the Lord uses to call us, it is because we are really needed.  Don’t ignore the call...do not say no.  “Let every man (woman) be diligent in all things.  And the idler shall not have place in the church, except he repent and mend his way.”  D&C 75: 29

     When you hear the call, respond...respond with swiftness and willingness to do the chore.  You will receive wonderful things if you do.

Thomas S. Monson said:

“In actual fact it is the service that counts—the Lord’s service. This is the service that counts, the service to which all of us have been called: the service of the Lord Jesus Christ.”