God has a plan

We had such a busy week this week it is hard to know where to start, all I can say is the Lord provides for all of our needs, even before we know we need them.
Wednesday we finally broke down and bought Drason a riding mower, the poor guy had been push mowing since last fall when our rider blew up. We were just happy that we had the money to do this.
Then on Thursday we got a call from park national bank that they were going to take the car. The Taurus was part of Drason's grandfathers probate estate and although we had been making payments on it, they would not allow us to keep it unless we refinanced it, which at the end of the day was not worth the cost, and they were not flexible, so they demanded the car immediately. We really weren't sure what we were going to do for a vehicle. We had looked around a bit last month when we found out that this might happen, but we really hadn't settled on anything. As it turned out we both had Friday off, so we set out to find a car.
We asked God to show us what he would have us do, and lead us to the car that we were supposed to have. We visited about 4-5 lots but nothing felt right, one car would have too many miles, another would be too small. All day, it kept coming up, that we might want to look at an SUV, we had seen one that we liked about a month ago, but it was priced so that we weren't sure we could afford it, but for some reason it kept coming up. We kept praying, and looking, and finally we both came up with the same thing, we felt we should go out and check on that SUV from a month ago. All the while I was thinking, this is going to cost too much, we have already tried this once, they probably have sold it already, and all of the other reasons why I thought this wouldn't work. We went anyways, because we felt such an impression that we should do so. (Thankfully the Lord is still patient with me.) We pull into the lot, and ask to see inside the vehicle, and the owner says,out of the blue, "We just lowered the price on that one a few days ago." and shows us the car. The price had been lowered significantly. GOD PROVIDES. We ended up paying less than we were paying on the Taurus. What a blessing.
After we left the dealership, as the owners of the SUV, we couldn't help but think that this had all been planned to show us that God will always take care of us, no matter what the circumstances are, no matter how disappointing it is when things don't go the way we thought they would, God has a plan for us. I have to say that approaching big decisions with prayer really pays off. Wednesday we prayed about the lawn mower, we were paying cash and it was a lot of money to part with, but we both felt at peace with the decision. God knew what Thursday would hold, but we did not. Because we prayed about both decisions first we had a peace with them. When Thursday came we didn't freak out about the lawn mower because we knew that He would not have led us into trouble. What a blessing we received knowing that God care enough to supply the little things in life, comforts us and is sufficient to supply all of our needs.

On top of all this Marshal turned 6 on Friday( we were joking that he got the SUV for his birthday, but he wasn't buying), had his party Saturday and had several school friends over to the house. He really loves all of his toys and especially the robot dino that grandma and grandpa gave him.

This week is "Global Focus" week for our church. This is basically a revival centered around missions, both near and far. Keep our church in your prayers as we move forward with this. This is something that Drason and I had really desired in a church and it has been a blessing to be a part of a church that believes in outreach.
That's all for now,
Love you all bunches and hope to hear from you soon,
Amanda