Life is anything but boring...
God is keeping our life interesting. I feel like my life is in a state of constant upheaval lately. There is so much inconsistency in the day to day schedule when we are moving our home and switching project locations. Not to mention traveling on the weekends in order to update our supporting churches. All these things are good and exciting, but after awhile, can make me long for a "normal" life where we don't move 3+ times a year. Recently, this longing was brought to the forefront of my mind...
This last week, while we were on our way to New York for our next building project, we had a major disruption in our plans (but we rest in knowing that nothing was a surprise to God.) Andy and Judah were in the truck pulling our trailer home behind them. I was in the van with Asher following them. We were nearing exit 77 on I 80/ 90, near South Bend, IN. Andy called and said something didn't sound right with the truck, so he was going to exit and check it out. Not 1 minute later, a huge dust erupted from under the truck and loud noises of "mechanics" hitting the pavement flooded my ears. I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Pieces from our truck were flying all over the interstate. I saw Andy coast a few more yards in order to reach the next exit, but I stopped right away so I could get out of the car and check out what had fallen from the truck. Andy came back to me to see what in the world I was doing, and he began to understand what we were looking at: his u-joint, driveshaft, etc. We were in shock as we looked at everything, realizing how big of a repair this was going to be.
We spent the rest of the day calling tow companies and friends and family, trying to formulate a plan of action. This is what we settled on: a missionary friend came down from our home office in Rockford, MI and he pulled our trailer to a church parking lot in Stevenville, MI. Our truck stayed parked where it was in front of a toll plaza until we could arrange for a tow truck to take it to Sauk City, WI, where a friend of ours is a certified Dodge mechanic. He offered to do all the work for free, all we need to pay is for parts. What a blessing to have God's people rally around us to help us in our time of need!
We spent that night in our trailer home at the church in MI and woke up the next morning to drive back to our truck and try to arrange for towing service through AAA. After FOUR hours on the side of the road with two little boys who did NOT want to be stuck in the van, we finally had a tow truck come who could help us with our problem. He towed us to Joliet, IL, where Andy's brother, Jeremy, met us with a flat bed trailer on which to haul our truck up to WI.
Today (Friday) we are here in WI, waiting for parts to come in so that our truck can get fixed. The same friend who is fixing the truck is also letting us stay at their house for however long we are here. They are a blessing to us. We know that this may be a lengthy layover. We are disappointed to not be in NY yet, but thankful that God kept us safe and is providing for us in this unexpected trial.
Please pray that God would help this truck repair to go smoothly and that after it all, our truck would run well and would be able to finish pulling our trailer home to NY where we are supposed to participate in our next building project. Please thank God for the friends and family who helped us while we were in such need. Please ask God to help us with the very real financial burden that we now have--He is already providing! Praise Him!
Thank you all for your prayers! Next time I hope to write to you from Guilderland, NY!
This last week, while we were on our way to New York for our next building project, we had a major disruption in our plans (but we rest in knowing that nothing was a surprise to God.) Andy and Judah were in the truck pulling our trailer home behind them. I was in the van with Asher following them. We were nearing exit 77 on I 80/ 90, near South Bend, IN. Andy called and said something didn't sound right with the truck, so he was going to exit and check it out. Not 1 minute later, a huge dust erupted from under the truck and loud noises of "mechanics" hitting the pavement flooded my ears. I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Pieces from our truck were flying all over the interstate. I saw Andy coast a few more yards in order to reach the next exit, but I stopped right away so I could get out of the car and check out what had fallen from the truck. Andy came back to me to see what in the world I was doing, and he began to understand what we were looking at: his u-joint, driveshaft, etc. We were in shock as we looked at everything, realizing how big of a repair this was going to be.
We spent the rest of the day calling tow companies and friends and family, trying to formulate a plan of action. This is what we settled on: a missionary friend came down from our home office in Rockford, MI and he pulled our trailer to a church parking lot in Stevenville, MI. Our truck stayed parked where it was in front of a toll plaza until we could arrange for a tow truck to take it to Sauk City, WI, where a friend of ours is a certified Dodge mechanic. He offered to do all the work for free, all we need to pay is for parts. What a blessing to have God's people rally around us to help us in our time of need!
We spent that night in our trailer home at the church in MI and woke up the next morning to drive back to our truck and try to arrange for towing service through AAA. After FOUR hours on the side of the road with two little boys who did NOT want to be stuck in the van, we finally had a tow truck come who could help us with our problem. He towed us to Joliet, IL, where Andy's brother, Jeremy, met us with a flat bed trailer on which to haul our truck up to WI.
Today (Friday) we are here in WI, waiting for parts to come in so that our truck can get fixed. The same friend who is fixing the truck is also letting us stay at their house for however long we are here. They are a blessing to us. We know that this may be a lengthy layover. We are disappointed to not be in NY yet, but thankful that God kept us safe and is providing for us in this unexpected trial.
Please pray that God would help this truck repair to go smoothly and that after it all, our truck would run well and would be able to finish pulling our trailer home to NY where we are supposed to participate in our next building project. Please thank God for the friends and family who helped us while we were in such need. Please ask God to help us with the very real financial burden that we now have--He is already providing! Praise Him!
Thank you all for your prayers! Next time I hope to write to you from Guilderland, NY!
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