As you may know, our car decided to conveniently stop working Thursday night while Chris was driving home from work at about 10:30p. The lamest thing about was it really wasn't that bad of a car, usually pretty darn reliable. And I thought it was cute. But all of a sudden without any warning, it just stopped running. Turns out it's the head gasket and it costs too much for us to repair.
Honestly though... our friends are amazing. I don't know how people handle situations like these without family and friends, I feel so grateful.
When I first heard from Chris that the car was toast and he was stuck in Gilbert (calling from a Fry's because his phone was also dead, he had to walk quite a long ways to a place with a phone), he asked me to call our friend Stephen and ask him to go pick him up (since that car was our only vehicle, I wasn't able to go get him myself). And Stephen without hesitation or reluctance went and picked Chris up and brought him home.
The next day, Apple gave Chris the day off (without even second guessing him) so we could try to figure out what to do about the car.
Wayne Schick (one of our mechanic friends) met us at Higley High School Friday afternoon to look at the car and make any assumption he could about what could be wrong with it. So thankful to him for doing that.
We got quite a few phone calls/texts from friends just asking what happened, showing they cared, offering to take a look at the car, which meant a lot to us.
We found out the cost to tow it to a shop to get it looked at would have cost more than we were able to do (comfortably). But my parents put money in our account to help us out with that. They're incredible.
Our good friend Mark lent his vehicle to us during this process so we could get to and from our car parked at Higley High School (such a blessing).
Our good friend John Rae lent us his truck to use to get to church early Sunday morning and we still are using that truck now. (Not permanently, just until we can find a new vehicle for us). So thankful to the Rae's for always being so generous like that. Even though initially I couldn't quite figure out the truck's 5-speed system. Way different than our cars 5-speed! Hah. That was funny.
Now my dad is spending a WHOLE BUNCH of his time today getting the car from the shop to his house so he can take a look at it and see what he can do/possibly provide a different analysis.
My amazing cousin, Kelsey is offering her car to us to either use until we find something permanent or to buy from her for a low price (for a car in good shape).
This isn't all coincidence. God is using these extraordinary people in our lives to show His own love. I feel incredibly humbled and thankful and grateful for these people.
-Ash
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