STUCK

Stuck in a ditch

One of our worst fears finally materialized. We got stuck! There was no mud, just a little foolishness. We were in the second town looking at the plot of land that they are planning to buy. The surveyor was there to measure off the lot. It will be about 0.25 acres. It took a while for the surveyor to work. We had three cars parked on the road: ours, the pastor's and the surveyor's. We were all leaving at the same time, so John decided to back off all the way, while the pastor and the surveyor turned around. Well, John did not realize that there was a bend on the road, and we ended up in a ditch. Just about an inch prevented us to go completely on our side. In the States we would have called a tow truck, and we actually have towing in our policy, but the closest tow truck would be an hour away, and it was close to lunch; therefore, the driver would have waited until after lunch to come. The pastor had a rope in his car, so they tied our car to the pastor's and the surveyor, his assistant, and Giovanni, the carpenter push and lifted the rear while the pastor pulled. The pastor's wife and I both prayed out loud at the same time. We were praying: "Lord you are bigger than this whole." I was also praying for protection for the men. I did not want them to get injured. It was a precarious situation for them if the car happened to tip, but the Lord allowed them to pull the car out safe and sound. PTL!

The path to the plot

The pastor standing by one of the markers

We are praying that the Lord will grant the desires of this group of people, providing the funds for the down payment and the monthly payments. The down payment will be $2,000 and then the payments will be $200 a month for six years.

We were starving by the time they got the car out of the ditch., so we drove to the beach town near here to a great steak house and had a big lunch:

Well-deserved lunch after the morning excitement

We are resting at home now. We had enough for one day!

Until next time....by the beach...