Angels among us!

We had a great week and have started with another great one. We had lots of new people on Sunday and got to spend the weekend with some great friends from Lynden, as they were down for a Fast pitch tournament. We are planning on heading back to Bellingham on Saturday to pick up a new bunny, some canning supplies and lots of berries. Not to mention have a birthday party for Kenya and Grandpa. It will be short but sweet visit. We got a new opening page on http://www.calvaryellensburg.com/ and are trying to get some pictures and messages uploaded this week.

Last night, we had yet another perfect example of how faithful our God is. Charity and the kids had taken a 3 hour drive to her brothers house in Pullman, to say high and pick up some stuff for a chuch craft project. She spent the evening there and then left at bedtime to drive home, so the kids could sleep through the drive. The drive is a long 3 hour stretch of lonely highway, with nothing but a few very small towns along the way. Because it is in the middle of no where, there is no cell service for the first hour and a half. Charity was checking her phone frequently after that hour and a half, so she could call Tadd. When a couple of bars finally appered, she called. with in 5 mintues of being back in cell service, the van started bumping and shaking and she felt like she blew a tire. She got out and checked the tires, but they were all fine. So with 2 kids asleep in the car at 11:30 at night, in no man's land, she jacked up the van to make sure the lug nuts were not loose. After jacking it up, they all seemed to be on tight. With no real explaination, Tadd set out to the rescue. Since we were still about 80 miles from Ellensburg it would take him quite a while to get there. Charity decided say a quick pleading mommy prayer and limped along until she got to the next city. Going 35 to 40 miles an hour, the lord was faithful and she finally got to Royal city about an hour and half later. She stopped at a well lite, closed gas station to wait for Tadd. When Tadd got there a few minutes later, he did the full under the car, tire inspection, checked out the engine, with no real sign of any huge problems, we decided to limp it a long with Tadd following and see if we could get it the hour home. We babied it, till we got about 20 miles out of Ellensburg and heard one quick clanking sound. Charity pulled over and Tadd crawled under to check out the wheels again. When we turned the wheels to try and see the brakes, we heard a horrible sound. When Tadd tested the car, it had no brakes and no power steering. Needless to say we left it there for the tow truck in the morning. We headed home and climbed in bed at 4:00am.

Then next morning when the tow truck came to drop off the car he told us that he had tried to drive it up to the truck and could not get it to stop. He wanted to know how we got it stopped without crashing it into something. He said there is no way you would get a vehicle as large as an Astro Van to stop, if it was moving down the highway, you would have to run into something. I kindly told him it was by the Grace of God that we stopped just before they went out and the credit was to him as he had Angels carry us the last 2 hours, as we limped up and down the rolling hills of highway 26.

Needless to say the Lord was so good to allow it to happen while I had cell service, hold the van together until my husband was with me and to keep the brakes until we were stopped and in no danger of risking Charity's life and the kids to a crashing stop. He is so great to know just what we need, even though we had no idea. It is so wonderful to know that if we give things up to him, "He is able to do far more than we could ask, think or even imagine." -Ephesians 3:20

My God is Mighty to save! - Isaiah 63:1

Here is what happens after staying up until 4:00 in the morning, sleeping in till 10:00 and then telling your kids that God saved them from a crash. It's totally unprompted and definantly Sweet Chicken!