Well, if you read through my previous blogs, you'll remember that we had some pretty major financial issues recently. I realize that it wasn't exactly the end of the world, but it was annoying. I didn't know how we were going to pay for everything. To be honest, I still really don't, some of it's on the credit card, but we'll worry about that later. But my point is, God provides. Okay, so it would have been nice if He would have provided by letting us win 10 million dollars, but in His way, He provided.
The van was just mainly cosmetic, the headlights were all cracked up though, and we were afraid that rain would get in there and cause them to short out or something, so we got new casings for those and Dustin was able to fix that himself. It was close to $300, but we had to do what we had to do and put that on the credit card. Plus, my ticket got put on the credit card, too. So, thank God for plastic, lol!
The truck turned out to be not quite as major as we thought. First we thought it was a big deal, then we thought it wasn't, then we thought it was again. (Follow that??? LOL) Well, it wasn't. It was just a spring in the engine. It cost another $300 or so, but Dustin's wonderful parents lent us the money for that. Thank you guys so much, we appreciate it!!! While we were without the truck my grandparents offered to let us use their vehicle while they were on vacation and also Dustin's grandpa had a Blazer that rarely gets used which we did end up borrowing for a few days. And let's not forget Dustin's friend Gilbert who picked him up for work several different days. Thank you to everybody who helped out there!
Then we got a bill from the tri-township fire department who assisted in the accident. Another $300! We haven't paid that yet, we really don't think it's fair to have to pay them when we already pay taxes to that township! So anyway, we wrote them a letter and we'll see what happens with that. Maybe we'll have to pay it, maybe not. If I could give the whole $300 to the man who stood with Nathan and held his hand and comforted him for a quite awhile, I would. It was very scary for Nathan, and this man really helped, so thank you to him as well.
Plus we still have hospital bills we are paying off from a year ago now. Both Matthew's birth and when the evil surgeons tried to kill me when they took my gallbladder out!!! And Nathan's pre-school tuition, plus daily life. But it is all managing to work itself out.
These bills we have are going to have to be paid back at some point in time. But in the meanwhile, it's great that God has helped (along with countless other people, many who I haven't mentioned here) to somewhat ease that burden. Somehow, we'll get everything figured out and be able to chip away at that debt. Hopefully without me having to return to work, though if that's what it comes down to and I feel like that is where God is leading me, I will do it. But above all, God has provided by keeping me and my family safe. Thank you to those who have been praying for us. And remember in your time of need, God will provide. Maybe not exactly the way you think He should, but He will.
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