what a week
First of all I am back in good health. Strong once again! Thank the Lord.
Monday: the car started overheating but never got HOT. All the water was gone from the cooling system. The car started running funny. Oh boy, here we go. This caused stress all week nearly. Caetie's clogging teacher had to bring her home from practice for us. Thanks again Gail.
Tuesday: work went well. Brad and I started at a new job site Monday and will be there for several weeks possibly until January. We like it; well all but the drive and the early wake up hours. Toby had a ball game against a good, undefeated team. My parents came for the first time. We were all glad about that. Toby's team played well and had a good shot at winning though the did not. Toby scored a run and got a good hit. This hit had some air underneath it.
Wednesday: We had a good church service and then afterwards went to view a building that we had been considering renting for service. We all talked together about it, looked it over, and prayed about it. Before we all had some concerns but after prayer and discussion we unanimously decided to move forward with the lease. We can probably seat 50 or 60 in it comfortably. It's nice and cozy with ac and 2 bathrooms. The children will have a good Sunday School area as well. We are excited. There is a little work to be done but this is a forward step for our ministry. Thank you Lord!
Thursday: Wendy was sick. She had a fever all night. I stayed home from work to assist with the kids. LAter that afternoon Toby had ball practice scheduled. We took the kids by the new church building. Afterwards we headed out to practice and the car started acting up bad. All the water came out. We filled it up. It came out again. We filled it up and it came out again. It made some awful noise and I was afraid I was going to crack the head. We pulled over on the side of a main road for awhile. We limped to Advance Auto Parts and the manager came and looked at it. We bought a presserized cap for the system, filled it up with water, and that problem is solved. If your cooling system ever starts giving you a fit replace the radiator cap first. They are very inexpensive and replacing it cannot hurt.
Friday: Being proud of my fixed car I told Brad I would drive to work. We piled in, headed to Walmart to get fuel, and then... I put my foot on the brake to start the car after pumping gas and the pedal went to the floor. I said that was wierd. I pulled out and the car would not stop; well it almost wouldn't. We had very little brakes. We slowly headed to the house. I almost slid through a major intersection. Thank you Jesus for answered prayers. I have had a bad feeling about the brakes for a long time. I felt like they were going to go out soon. My prayer was that the kids wwould not be in the car when and if they did. They were at home asleep. We dropped the car off and took Brad's SUV.
Wendy called at work and said all the brake shops were saying $400-600 for the repairs. A friend from work, Don (who used to work at CTIS with me), volunteered to give it a shot. He drove me home and found the ruptured brake line. We went and got parts and tools. He left at 11pm to ehad home after a job well done. He lives about 2 hours a way from us. Maybe a bit shorter. What a guy! We test drove the car after the repairs and it stops on a dime now at 50mph. Awesome!
Saturday: Wen got up to pay rent and take Caet to get her hair cut. Toby's ball pictures have been cancelled due to storms. Caet has a clogiing show, her first, at 2pm in Chapel Hill. It's 10am and I am signing off.
Monday: the car started overheating but never got HOT. All the water was gone from the cooling system. The car started running funny. Oh boy, here we go. This caused stress all week nearly. Caetie's clogging teacher had to bring her home from practice for us. Thanks again Gail.
Tuesday: work went well. Brad and I started at a new job site Monday and will be there for several weeks possibly until January. We like it; well all but the drive and the early wake up hours. Toby had a ball game against a good, undefeated team. My parents came for the first time. We were all glad about that. Toby's team played well and had a good shot at winning though the did not. Toby scored a run and got a good hit. This hit had some air underneath it.
Wednesday: We had a good church service and then afterwards went to view a building that we had been considering renting for service. We all talked together about it, looked it over, and prayed about it. Before we all had some concerns but after prayer and discussion we unanimously decided to move forward with the lease. We can probably seat 50 or 60 in it comfortably. It's nice and cozy with ac and 2 bathrooms. The children will have a good Sunday School area as well. We are excited. There is a little work to be done but this is a forward step for our ministry. Thank you Lord!
Thursday: Wendy was sick. She had a fever all night. I stayed home from work to assist with the kids. LAter that afternoon Toby had ball practice scheduled. We took the kids by the new church building. Afterwards we headed out to practice and the car started acting up bad. All the water came out. We filled it up. It came out again. We filled it up and it came out again. It made some awful noise and I was afraid I was going to crack the head. We pulled over on the side of a main road for awhile. We limped to Advance Auto Parts and the manager came and looked at it. We bought a presserized cap for the system, filled it up with water, and that problem is solved. If your cooling system ever starts giving you a fit replace the radiator cap first. They are very inexpensive and replacing it cannot hurt.
Friday: Being proud of my fixed car I told Brad I would drive to work. We piled in, headed to Walmart to get fuel, and then... I put my foot on the brake to start the car after pumping gas and the pedal went to the floor. I said that was wierd. I pulled out and the car would not stop; well it almost wouldn't. We had very little brakes. We slowly headed to the house. I almost slid through a major intersection. Thank you Jesus for answered prayers. I have had a bad feeling about the brakes for a long time. I felt like they were going to go out soon. My prayer was that the kids wwould not be in the car when and if they did. They were at home asleep. We dropped the car off and took Brad's SUV.
Wendy called at work and said all the brake shops were saying $400-600 for the repairs. A friend from work, Don (who used to work at CTIS with me), volunteered to give it a shot. He drove me home and found the ruptured brake line. We went and got parts and tools. He left at 11pm to ehad home after a job well done. He lives about 2 hours a way from us. Maybe a bit shorter. What a guy! We test drove the car after the repairs and it stops on a dime now at 50mph. Awesome!
Saturday: Wen got up to pay rent and take Caet to get her hair cut. Toby's ball pictures have been cancelled due to storms. Caet has a clogiing show, her first, at 2pm in Chapel Hill. It's 10am and I am signing off.
posted by Full Quiver at 7:42 AM
1 Comments:
I'm glad Don could help you, I'm even more glad the Lord was looking out for us when we didn't have much braking! I thought you handeled it very well. I didn't feel in very much danger, although I knew Rachel would be freaking out, lol. I hope you're having a good birthday weekend!
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