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As is her role as police dispatcher and call-taker, Antonia Bundy answered the call and rendered help where it was needed. But her caller presented an unusual request.
“You had a bad day at school?” she asked the young boy on the line. “Yeah, I just called
to tell you that.”
Nine times out of ten, such an admission might be met with a scolding for wasting police resources. But for Bundy, something seemed different enough to take a different tack.
''When he
told me he was having a bad day and I asked him what was troubling him he told me that he had homework," Bundy explained in a local TV interview. "And at that point, I was able to determine that it was more of a 'I need help with homework' than an actual emergency."
Fortunately, Bundy was cheerfully up-to-the-task. "I've always been good at math. All
the way through high school I enjoyed it. So it was something I was very happy I could help him with." Bundy walked him through an arithmetic problem, calling it a nice break in her busy day.
As it turns out, her decision not to scold the child paid off, as he seemed to be aware that his problem did not qualify as an emergency.
"I'm sorry for calling you,” he said. “But I really needed help."
Bundy’s response?
"You're fine. We're always here to help."
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great
and mighty things, which you do not know.’ Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV
No matter what may be on our minds, God is always there to listen to us when we call on Him. He's our friend!
Have a great day and God bless!
