Blessings and Bumps On The Road

Today we're just south of Tulsa and the last couple days have been...interesting as usual. We never lack for conversational days. Praise God!

This past Tuesday morning, we took our RV in for an Cummins/Onan generator check. The diagnosis, we needed a starter transplant, oil & filter change: minimum damage: $700.00 (not counting the possibility of needing a new carburetor).

Before anything was done we wanted to get an estimate on fixing our non-functioning bathroom so we meandered over to Tulsa RV. They guestimated that we would need at least ten ours of labor (@$100 per hour) plus parts. Totaling everything up, we were looking at investing another two grand or so into our 1977 GMC Kingsley. At this point, Lucy and I drew a line in the sand. No more money would be put into this rig! We would go forward as best we could for as long as we could. We slept good that night. God will provide for us somehow. He never lets us down.

Wednesday we were blessed to be on Oasis Radio Network for forty-five minutes! It was wonderful! Here we are pictured with Steve Schwaderer who does just about everything at the station! After the program we had calls come in from all over Oklahoma. The serendipities continued as friend Matt Beucler from California stopped to see us. He was on his way home from a Corvette rally in Kentucky. Always good to spend time with Matt; he is a Life Coach and asks great questions that make you think.

Things kept getting better, as Pastor Kevin Lewis invited us to speak at Midwest Agape Chapel Wednesday evening. It was wonderful sharing "road stories with God." People seem to enjoy listening and God know I love to talk! A lovely lady named Cathy drove down to Bixby because she heard us on the radio. We also were blessed to pray for people afterward and spend some time with a young couple and counsel them a bit. What a blessing it is to work for and with God! It was midnight before we got to bed.

Thursday things got even better as we re-connected with friends we hadn't seen in a few years; Pastor George & Brenda Shafer. They founded Midwest Agape Church and have been active for and with the Lord all over the world! Pastor George travels extensively teaching about our Hebrew roots. We could listen to him for hours. Fascinating stuff! Next Tuesday, we have the privilege of being guests on his radio program. My Goodness, we are blessed!

It was about 11:00pm before we got to bed. It was a little chilly and so I turned on the heater. At about 2:30am, we were overcome by propane fumes and Lucy was very sick. She couldn't stop vomiting and had some trouble breathing. I got her dressed, picked up her blanket and pillow and went into the church. Thank God we were parked right next to the church and Pastor Kevin had graciously given us the key!

We sat on the steps of the altar for about an hour, catching our breath, talking with God and each other and asking the question..."What are we gonna do now?" No generator, no bathroom & now no heater. We need to get another RV somehow. 2Chron 20:12 came rushing into our mind; "We don't know what to do, God, but our eyes are on You."

We laid down on the altar underneath the cross, held each other, our eyelids got heavier and we dozed off. We're with You, God, no matter what. Use us. Direct us or...re-direct us.