Saturday, July 23, 2011

We Have Been Treasure Hunting!!!

Several years ago Chris and I decided we were done with car payments. We new we didn't need a new car, we just needed a car that we could trust if we took care of it and something that fit our family. It has been the biggest blessing not to have a monthly car payment because there have been times in the last couple of years after the economy crashed that we wouldn't have been able to make a car payment.

When we got pregnant with Amaya 8 years ago we bought what we thought was a family car that seats 5. Now that we have threee kids we quickly learned that it's not big enough. We have missed out on so many opportunities because our car wasn't big enough. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to ask a kid to go to church with us or to VBS or just wanted to be able to take one of the kids friends out with us.

One other thing our car was not big enough for was adding to our family. That's right, we believe our family is not finished growing yet but we needed a place for another one to come home.

I have also dreamed of having a car big enough to put a wheelchair in just in case God has a child planned for us that would be in a wheel chair.

We also need a vehicle that could tow since we buy broken cars.

After a couple of years of dreaming and dreaming of having a big car but not willing to buy until we had the money we finally got our new (OK, not really new it's a 96) car that will be able to hold our dreams, passions and anything God has planned for us. This car has room for three more kiddos!!! The best part is that we know God had this one picked out for us because when we called about it without Chris saying anything the guy said he would drop the price by $1,000 and the car was well worth what he was asking before he dropped the price. I love how God provides!!!

5 comments:

Kathy Schriefer said...

Praise God for this blessing! Because of your faithfulness and patience He has rewarded your family with His provision. I can't wait to see how God will use this to bless so many.

Adeye said...

Wooohoooooo.....I love the blessings from the LORD!!!!

Soooooooo excited for you, friend. God is doing some AMAZING things in your lives :)

Mark and Melanie said...

Love your new wheels! Yes, God certainly does provide!

Goins Gang said...

Yeah!! Love how God does that! If you happen to see your car's twin sometime, please let us know!

Christina Johnson said...

Love this! This is actually my dream car, as well...plenty of room to grow! :)