May 3, 2004

Trip Details

I promised some more details about our trip, so here they are.

On Thursday, I took my car in because it had developed a whine in the engine. The mechanic informed me at that point that the whine in the engine was the least of my troubles. My breaks were metal-on-metal. Shot. Useless. I do not know how I had been stopping the car up to that point (other than the grace of God!), but they definitely needed to be fixed.

The mechanic is a Christian, and when he found out that we were going north for deputation purposes the next day, he arranged things so my car would be ready by 8:30 on Friday morning.

The next day I returned for the car. The bill was close to $300.00, but I did not have to pay a cent!!! God provided in an unexpected way (I am not sure yet how) to pay for all the repairs!

We ended up leaving Lakeland at about noon. This was much later than I wanted to leave. Normally have done the trip in three days instead of two. However, we had an engagement on Sunday morning. God was very gracious to us, allowing us to make good time, keeping us safe, and keeping the car intact. We arrived in NY at about 8 pm Saturday night.

After excellent services in Camden, NY on Sunday, we arrived at my folks' house Sunday afternoon.

Praise God for His faithfulness and protection.

Posted by Andrew on May 3, 2004 11:42 AM.