PRAISE THE LORD!!!!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow....
PTL!!! Today was incredible!
Something that I try to do with the youth group every year (you know, in the year that I've been here) is to take them to the Spurs/Blazer game. Unfortunately the Spurs are only playing one game in Portland, and the Blazers are on a winning streak! (Okay, so they lost tonight, but they are having a good season in the first time in forever) Anyways, knowing that tickets are selling fast, I made yesterday the deadline for the April 6 game. I was told by someone in the Blazers office that we should have no problem getting tickets that far in advance. Or so they thought...
Anyways, I tried to buy the tickets yesterday for the 19 who signed up. Yes that's 19 people who want to go. You can't buy group tickets online, so I had to wait until this morning to call the request in.
When I called, they said that the game is already sold out. Bummer. Then the guy told me "we can get you 5 seats" so I had to debate. Cancel the game and have a party at my house to watch it? Or cancel the event, and take just a few. But then my thoughts were interrupetd. Jerod, my customer service guy, wanted to see if anything was on hold, so "let me see what I can do, and I will call you back." This was at 10AM
4PM I get a call. "I found you 10 tickets, but they are separated" I said, "that's okay, I'll take what you can give me" he breaks in "oh wait, I found 12" We decided that was good enough, I would buy the tickets, and figure out how we decide who gets the tickets.
I was so upset thinking that I was going to have to tell 7 people that they couldn't go. And not sure how to decide who gets to go. I decided to wait until tomorrow and ask for advice. Just then, again, my thought process is interrupted by the ringing phone..."Hi, It's Jerod again. I just found 9 seats together. Do you want them? and move some of your group closer together?" OF COURSE!!!
I'm so excited!!!! I got the tickets! Everyone who signed up gets to go to the game now! Only a few people will have to be separated, and they will still be near others, and they are still working on finding a way to get us all together!
So THANK YOU JEROD, from the Blazers! You are amazing! I am so impressed by the customer service!
And PRAISE THE LORD!!!