Wednesday

In an effort to conserve vacation time, we have gone back and forth a few times this week. Wednesday we left off plenty early and headed to Hastings. We made it about halfway when it became apparent that the alternator wasnt working and before we reached the next exit, the truck lost power and stalled. While we were discouraged to miss the last meeting of this great conference and have opportunity to spend more time with the people, there were many blessings that came of this. We were on the side of the road counting our blessings for this taking place. Here is some of what we came up with then and a few that were realized since
1) we had a cell phone - allowing us to call the pastor...and a tow truck
2) it was daylight - no power, no light, little girls - dark, side of the highway - would have been scary for them - grateful it was still light
3) when the power died on the truck we safely got to the side of the road
4) it was not our night to present/preach - that was Sunday, so at least it did not put the Pastor in a tough spot.
5) I had roadside towing service so that was covered
6) the garage we towed it to was literally next door to a Days Inn hotel
7) We had a cooler with some cold drinks and some snacks to keep the kids occupied.
8) The garage got to work on the truck early in the morning and it was done by checkout time so we didnt have to sit around at the garage waiting with the girls
9) Pastor Zopff was very understanding - we got back to the church, got our display materials and was even treated to lunch - what a blessing.
10) arrived home safely thursday afternoon
11) work has been very accomodating and understanding as well
12) When we picked up the materials from the church we found that one of the members bought us a box of diapers and left it for us - always a blessing, amen?
There are many more that we likely didnt consider or I am not thinking of now.

It has been a good week. Praise the Lord!
Pray for the Central Baptist Church - they will be building a new church building on 50 acres of land they obtained likely starting this summer. Their pews are full now and they are excited to see God putting all this together. They love missions and God is growing them so they can grow their impact in all the world - praise God!