The road we travel

Ok, so I decided that I have to post some of the crazy things that have happened to us on the road so far. I know that God has used all of this stuff to get us where we are now, where is that you ask? Well I'll tell you, we are in Richmond Virginia. Now I now that is not Florida like I was at my last post or the Keys like we planned but after telling the story I'm sure it will all make sense in a crazy all over the place kind of way.

So back in Iowa we had our house rented out and trying to pack as fast as we could to be out by November first. Long story short, that didn't happen. Instead we found ourselves leaving Des Moines on the night of the second. One of our tires was low on the car dolly and had to be aired up and we went on our way, we made it about four blocks to the library when the tire on the dolly popped. So we pulled in to the library and proceeded to try to get BB and our boys out so they could go into the library while I changed the tire. That is when the wheelchair lift stopped working. After about a half hour of messing with it I was able to get her out in manual mode but barely got the lift closed again. Did I mention it was dark by this time and raining? Well after messing around with it for quite a while I finally got the tire changed and back on the road. We made it to BB's Dads house about one o’clock that night, and crashed almost immediately. The next day while looking at the ramp we realized that the dolly frame was bent and in the period of about 200 miles had removed almost all of the tread from the brand new tire. So with the help of some of BB's Dad's friends we got it straightened out and ready to go and it only took about three days. After finally getting to Orlando and hooking up the water we found out that there was a leak, evidently while putting in the new floor I had accidentally put a screw threw a water line. Two days and $250 later we had water. (We now have a new appreciation for silly little things like showers and drinking water.) That is when we discovered that our fridge didn't work so instead of being able to cook our own food like planned we had to eat out or eat only nonperishable food.
We had planned on doing what is called boon docking for allot of our time in Florida, (boon docking is when you park somewhere like a Wal-Mart over night with there permission. however we know now that Florida has strict rules against this and they will give you a $500 ticket if you are found boon docking anywhere. So after our exhausting 16 days at Disney we started out of town and stopped at an auto part store to pick up a few things. We realized after pulling in that they did not have a pull through type lot, to most people that isn't a big deal but to a guy driving a vehicle that measure about 58 feet long having to turn around is a big deal. While in the process of turning around the tong on the car dolly got bent bad enough that we could no longer pull our mini van on it. So feeling down and out but trying to make the best of a bad situation we visited a church the next day and looked around for ways to fix the car dolly. After failing at finding a fix we decided to continue on with our journey with BB driving the mini van and me the RV. That is when the last piece fell, a tire blew on the RV and I spent two hours in the rain at a gas station trying to put on the spare. We finally had to call a mobile auto company as six of the lug nuts just would not budge no matter how much wd-40 and beating on it I did. That was when BB and I looked at each other and agreed that we were almost out of money and frustrated beyond belief, so we called her uncle in Virginia and asked if we could come there for a while. We found out that BB's grandma was about to be transferred to hospice care and that they simply didn't know what would happen from there. We immediately pointed our grill to Richmond and got there as soon as we could. I believe that God let all that stuff happen so we would end up in Richmond where BB can spend as much time with her grandma as she wants and we are able to stay in her house while we are here. God always has a plan, we have been so blessed by the churches we have attended and know that God has us right where he wants us. The first church we went to have a guest speaker in that preached about being a servant wherever you are, if you serve people they will listen to you. So God has been reminding me daily to serve everyone I meet in any capacity that they allow. The second church we went to was here in Richmond and we plan on going back, we felt like the pastor knew our whole story, he talked about living a life that wasn’t concerned with being comfortable but rather following God in whatever he calls. I want to post again soon about some of the awesome people and ministry’s we met along the way but that will suffice for now. Until newt time may you find God on your journey in the sun or in the rain.