Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Our Beach Adventure- Day 2

Thank you for those of you who are praying for "Our Beach Adventure." Jenn & I are grateful for you prayers and have already seen them answered though not in ways we expected. Neither of us got much sleep last night, sharing rooms with kids does that. Jenn was with Aubreigh & Aiden and they were coughing all night and Aubreigh was sick in Jenn's bed. I slept with Karis and Mercia, who were both talking and keeping me awake. Karis said at one point, "It is to distracting to sleep with a grown-up." Hint-hint Mom find another place to sleep!

So anyway this morning we discussed our plans for the day- a trip to Dunkin Donuts, a Sandcastle Building Contest, the Beach, etc. Not long after our discussion my Mom looked out the window and said, "You have a flat tire." Funny thing is, Aubreigh prayed we wouldn't have a flat tire because 3 years ago we took a trip together and got a flat tire that time as well!

But here is the kindness of God. My Mom has AAA, they came out to change put the spare tire on BUT his wasn't able to because Jenn has special lug nuts on her tires and you need a special key to get them off- the key happens to be in the Dabbs garage in MD (note - if your car dealer gives you something and you don't know what it is keep it in your car not your garage). So he blew the tire up and I drove it 2 miles to a local car place and they were able to patch it up in about 10 minutes! All this to say, God is so kind in not letting the tire blow out when we were driving here. Our plans were changed but we are safe and know that God protected us from a much worse possibility.

Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.

2 comments:

Cara said...

Jerusha and Jenn--

Woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom (again) and prayed that both of you and your kiddos were getting a much better night of sleep the second time around! Hope you're having a great time.

cara

The Dabbondanzas said...

This is great, Sha! Thanks for keeping moment-by-moment details. I guess we'll have to read each other's blogs in 20 years from now to know what went on in our lives!