Thursday, August 11, 2005

Main Street to the rescue

*** Please read the previous post "Sackville and the Volvo" first or this won't make much sense. ***

On Sunday evening, after I shared with the folks at Main Street Baptist Church about what God was doing in our lives, Pastor Todd prayed for us that we would be taken care of on the mission field, and also that God would take care of our car situation. Within a few minutes of the ending of the service, I was told that Main Street Baptist had arranged for a tow truck to pick up my car. We whisked off to meet the tow truck where we found out that the problem was in the belt area of the engine. The car was not going to be fixed that evening.

Much to our surprise and delight, Main Street Baptist arranged for our family to spend the night at a local motel. They even managed to scrounge up five brand new toothbrushes and some toothpaste for us all. We visited with some friends we hadn't seen in over twelve years, and then called it a night.

Of course, we hadn't expected to spend the night, so we were completely unprepared for an overnight stay. The thing that was bothering Shannon the most (now that we had toothbrushes) was the fact that we had no change of underwear. Well, we found a solution to that problem. The motel had a washer and dryer and packages of Tide for sale in the vending machine, so we stripped off what we needed washed and wore what we had left, making good use of some towels as well.

In the morning we needed to find a way home, since we learned that the part required to fix the car was not to be found in the Maritimes. It would be Wednesday before the car would be fixed. It took us a while, but we were able to round up a rental car in Moncton. In the mean time, we were able to spend some down time in the church's youth room where Cary taught the girls how to play pool.

All this to say that we really felt cared for by Main Street Baptist. They truly acted like the Good Samaritan with us. They arranged for everything to be taken care of, and then they paid for not only the motel stay, but also for the towing and the auto repairs. We were truly amazed, and we give the glory to God for His provision.