When I wrote the first post with that title, I didn't really intend for it to be a continual thing. However, life keeps happening and God keeps taking care of it. Case in point - my husband's car has been in the shop for almost two weeks now. He needs a new transmission which would be a huge expense for us but thankfully the shop is covering the repair... not due to warranty but due to a bunch of dishonest things they did the first time they fixed his transmission exactly two years ago. It took several days of moving up the management chain but the financial end of the deal is finally settled. They offered him a rental car as part of their deal but he turned it down because we had a perfectly good working car we could just share for the next few days. That's right, I said had.
Yesterday on my lunch break (at 4pm) I was scarfing down some tacos and had my car in park but idling because it was 90 degrees out. I was sitting there for maybe 5 minutes when my car started to shake and then lost power. I thought "that was weird" and cranked it up again. Almost immediately it died. I was due back to work so I didn't really have time to mess with it but told my manager I needed a few extra minutes to make some calls and at least figure out how I was going to get home. Called the husband who threw a few appropriate swear words around, called a mechanic friend and then another for a second opinion. Meanwhile, my husband put out an all points bulletin on Facebook to try and find me a ride home. By 6:30 three people had offered to pick me up. One friend had offered to help my husband fix the problem - probably the fuel pump. His shop is open on Monday and the car will most likely be towed there. Yet another friend had actually taken the time to stop by my place of employment and change out the fuel pump relay to see if that would fix it. It didn't work but helped us rule that out as the problem. My husband was working until midnight and finding a ride home for him was probably going to be more difficult but within 30 minutes of another Facebook plea he had two offers. We have also had three people ask if we needed anything at the store to get us by the next couple of days.
The more Don and I talked the more we saw God's timing in all of this. Yes, it was inconvenient to be without both cars but at least school is out and the girls don't need to get back and forth. With Don working the weekend, he's off Tuesday and Wednesday (which is when I go back to work). We should have both cars back by then if everything goes as it should. I'm supposed to go on a road trip in two weeks and I'm thankful this happened now instead of in the middle of I-40.
With today being Sunday I was afraid I wasn't going to make it to church but ended up with three offers for rides. At church I was offered the chance to borrow two vehicles - both for as long as we need them this week. By the time this afternoon rolled around, the loner truck was in our driveway and our anxiety level was much lower than it was 24 hours ago.
This really could have been a difficult situation but thanks to everyone God put in our path, we are feeling overwhelmingly blessed and thankful. There is still the question of how much of a financial strain my car repair will be but I'm not as apprehensive about that as I normally would be. Seeing how the rest of this has fallen into place has reminded me that God is in control. He's got this.
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