Sabbath Salutations 08202010

Good evening! I hope you’ve finished strong after whatever kind of week you’ve had – whether hectic or busy – and it does seem to be one or the other these days. I know what your going through, and I feel your pain.

The video for this week will most likely need to wait until next. We were traveling today and it has been what seems to be a long day. We are now in St. Louis and are looking forward to spending the Sabbath with the wonderful St. Louis brethren tomorrow.

It was interesting earlier today as we had our van loaded with supplies which needed to be returned to a mini-storage facility in Troy, Missouri (items we have had since the pre-teen camp that needed to be cleaned) and as I was returning home from a visit, while stopping for traffic lights and stop signs, our van began making horrible noises and the motor stopped running. It did this multiple times. I did continue to start it and finally made it home. The engine heat gauge was further than the red line – it was hot!

Actually I could smell burning anti-freeze and when I opened the hood at home the coolant reservoir was steaming and making a hissing sound. Needless to say, we would not be taking our van on busy highways for hours on end.

We did, with the help of some fantastic people at Church Headquarters, secure a rental van which we did use to make it to St. Louis. We will also be taking this rental van on yet another trip which will depart on Sunday and require us to be out driving most of next week. We will be traveling to the location where we’ll be moving to in October. While there, we’ll be looking for a place to live and I can say, without hesitation, that I am so glad we have a rental van to use for this pre-move trip.

So, as the Scriptures say, “…all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28) and certainly they have. We will still pray that the repair shop will find an inexpensive solution to what is plaguing our poor van, but whatever the case, we know God is in charge and working out His perfect plan through it all.

We did also make it to the storage unit well before the Sabbath, so again, it all worked out for the best.

Have a blessed Sabbath. Take care.