DP Daily Prompt: Helping Hand Post by Ranu
This experience takes place in Makkah. My husband,his cousin, his family and I were travelling on the bus. The bus driver was supposed to take us to Muzdalifa where we were supposed to spend the night and come back to Makkah,the following morning. Suddenly the driver stopped and told us to get off. We had no idea where we were. My husband’s cousin,knew a few words of Arabic,he tried to explain,we won’t find our way.It was dark and deserted. The driver kept yelling and told us to get off. Miraculously someone showed up,he was an Egyptian. He had a heated dialogue with the driver and was able to convince him to drop us off at the taxi stand. To be sure he boarded the bus with us. We all got off to hire a cab.The nice man called a cab driver, told him in Arabic to drop us off in Muzdalifa. We thanked him and got in the cab. We reached our destination safely. I will always remember this.
Tunnel from Makkah (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dear Ranu,
Thank you for sharing this. Thank God for those kind people that show up in our lives.
All good wishes,
robert
I know,the bus driver was so mean,he kept yelling at us in Arabic.We understood by his actions that he wasn’t going any further.
If the Egyptian hadn’t shown up when he did,we wouldn’t know what to do.Yes thank God.And thank you for your lovely comment.
Ranu
Yes, thank you Robert.
Ranu
Thank you for sharing this beautiful post with us dear Ranu! Wow, may God reward him for his kindness and great efforts, that’s absolutely amazing!
There are always good people,yes we were lucky.Thank you.
Ranu
Thank you Shaidi.
Ranu
When strangers lend us a helping hand, where there is no obligation nor any expectation of reward-these are the moments that give us hope. Beautiful story, well worth remembering.
Yes at a time when everything looked grim,the Egyptian’s presence was a Godsend.The best part was he knew the language and the place.His help was something we never expected.
Ranu
Yes,thank you for your comment and visit.
Ranu