God's been good to me

When I bought my car in October last year, I knew I wasn't buying a new car, so I was prepared to deal with the minor repairs associated with buying a second-hand foreign-abused... I mean, foreign-used car. What I was not prepared for was God's unmerited favor when it came to these repairs....

First road trip with my car last year

The last couple days I was in Grenada in December before I went home for Christmas, my car started to give trouble. It was losing power going up the hills, and for those of you who are familiar with the terrain across here, that basically means I was losing power all the time. However my schedule was really packed and I didn't have time to take it to the mechanic so everyday I prayed for God's grace to keep it going until I left and was able to drop it in to be repaired, and He kept it going! By the time I got back in January the problem was fixed and I was able to climb those hills again.

Your car have to be in good condition to climb to 1910 feet!

Another problem I was having was with the transmission when I was changing gears. The person I bought the car from told me the transmission fluid probably needed changing, and he changed it for me, for free!

Then on Wednesday I was driving to a school and rain started falling. No problem, I wind up the window and put on the windshield wipers. Except, the wipers didn't come on. Neither did the AC. So again I had to call on God to help me get to the school safely because I could hardly see through the windshield (I didn't want to wait until the rain stopped falling because we only have half an hour for the ISCF meetings so couldn't afford to waste time) Thankfully I was able to get to the mechanic after the school visit and he changed the fuse that caused the problem and I was good to go again...

Until Thursday, when I drove to a meeting and wound up the windows after parking the car. Except, the windows didn't go up. Thankfully the meeting was in a school, and the rain didn't fall, so it was safe until I got it to the mechanic the next day. He said the switch just needed cleaning, and he did that, and it worked fine...

Until Saturday, when I went to the beach with my friend, and the windows refused to go up again. I called the mechanic and he said to check him when I was finished with the beach (which was after 5pm on a Saturday) - what kind of mechanic does that for a client he just met four days ago? The kind of mechanic who is a God-send! He was able to diagnose the real trouble and fixed it at no extra charge.

If the Lord had not been on my side:

• the car could have shut down before I got it to the mechanic
• the windows could have stuck when rain was falling, or when I was parked somewhere that wasn't so safe (not too many areas like that in Grenada)
• I could have run off the road with the wipers not working

I can truly say God's been good to me. Better than good. AWESOME!!!!!