So many of you have been praying and have done an amazing job of keeping in touch and loving us across miles and miles and miles.
A little over a week ago, our crew piled into my dad's truck in pursuit of a vehicle but not before previously calling about many others, stopping to see several possibilities, and driving several miles to check out some clunkers and some way-out-of-our-price-range beauts.
We prayed (and begged) til we were blue and we were in high hopes that we'd finally found "the one". We drove about 50 miles to a dealership that had said vehicle and then we went through the gamut. We chatted with the sales guy and then loaded into the vehicle and took it for a spin.
We (kids included) started listing the visible stuff that was wrong and pulled over to check under the hood. We began the "well, we could probably get this fixed for this price but is that other issue worth what it's going to cost to fix it?" banter.
As we weighed the options we drove back to the dealership not quite sold on it being "the one". Feeling great disappointment and defeat again, we were just about to leave when John noticed a fresh find.
As we were talking to the sales guy another family was buying a new car and trading in their old one. An old one that was the exact size we were looking for and about the same year we had been looking for, too. When John spotted it he asked if it was available.
Sure enough, it was in fact available. We looked it over and waited on a price (since it wasn't in the system yet) and after a few minutes were elated to find out it just might be what we had been praying for. We reloaded the family and tested that baby out.
Y'all...... we drove away with that vehicle that day!
God is so good. He promises to deliver. When we are tempted to give up, He's often waiting with "the one".
Thanks for praying for us - please DON'T STOP!
We've still got a long road ahead.
But when the enemy screams, "YOU CAN'T",
remind him that with the right directions.......
Badump, bump....the cheese here is free folks but the lessons are not!
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