When It Rains....It Pours...{Update}

I'm sure everyone has heard the expression "When it rains, it pours".... Yup - that seems to happen, and I used to get SO frustrated when life would take us to this place of "I-can't-control-anything", but I've learned something about it. Not only do things happen for a reason, but whenever it rains, do you know what comes after the rain? Beautiful green grass, flowers and the sweetest, most beautiful time that you can possibly imagine! Sometimes the rain may seem torrential, but it is used to encourage people around you and show the work that is being done as the spring comes again.

As you can tell from my picture above - we had car trouble this past week. Today ends the third straight week of Jason being off, and last week we were blessed to have my mom and Joe visit us in Texas. We enjoyed our time together, but on one of the days that I took them up to look at housing communities, the van died...

It was quite possibly the hottest day in Texas - amid a drought in which there hasn't been rain, so the heat radiates off the ground....

 And there's seven people in the van - which now lacks the ability to cool everyone off....and we are 45 minutes away from our house....and it's lunch time....

 And Jason is an hour away at an interview... Although he is able to come up to rescue us, on the way - he got a flat tire....

 So after about three hours, we got the tow truck to tow the van home - mom and I rode with him and Jason hauled him, the four kids and Joe with him in the truck...

 It cost about $1000 when all was said and done for four new truck tires, a new van alternator and battery and to be towed home, BUT God took care of it. Not only that, but other things too.....

When Jason left Lexus, we had to withdrawl his retirement.... that covered the issues with the van....AND we were able to pay off his Snap-On tools.....AND we were able to enjoy our time together with family. There's going to be a beautiful picture that God is painting with our family....just allow the rain to fall so that the flowers to follow will be gorgeous! Stay tuned for another update... :D I anticipate GREAT things!