New Van

Well, it's here. We were able to wrap things up this afternoon. I am so amazed at how God always provides for us and exceeds our expectations. When we first started looking we were discouraged at prices. When we looked at the possible trade in values of our other vehicles we were a bit discouraged then, too. But Jarred found a 2004 with 49,000 miles. He told us the van would be around $8,000. He then gave us very good prices for our other vehicles and we were able to walk out the door with tax and title for $5,385. Praise the Lord! Nate and I were really hoping to get the van for $6,000 or below. I had asked the Lord if we could get it for $5,500. The Lord gave us more than what we asked for.

Thanks Jarred for working so hard and quickly to get us some reliable transportation. You have been so good to us with the past two vehicles.

Testing, Testing

We drove a van yesterday which we liked. Our friend Jarred gave us a price quote on the van that we really liked. Then he gave us trade in values on both our van and our car that we liked even better. If all goes well we could be purchasing the van on Monday. Jarred was sending it to the shop for some maintenance and if everything looks good we will have some transportation by then. Keep ya posted!

Sick of Being Stranded

So we have been stranded at home for since Monday. We found out our van needed over $1300 worth of repairs, some being pretty major and we began to contemplate if it was worth putting that much money into our van when it has 133,000 miles on it. We only buy vehicles in the $5,000 to $6,000 range anyway, so we wondered if it was better to put that $1300 towards a new van.

Our friend, Jarred, said he had a van coming in today that would be in our price range once we traded in. We are going to see and drive it today and have the auto shop check it out to see if it is a good fit for us. Keep us in your prayers that the Lord will show us favor and that our vehicle needs will be met. The natives are a bit stir crazy after being stuck at the house for the past week! I will keep you posted.