Pontiac Prayeravan

Picking up our “not as used” van was your normal eight hour trip: computer games, music, the occasional news report, ice cream, games, rest stops, coffee…but it got interesting late at night - on a lonely country road - in the middle of nowhere. Someone finally got up the nerve to ask, “Dad, are we lost?” “No we are not lost, we just don’t know where we are.” The roar of laughter promises that it will become a classic family line.

I’m thinking we should name the new van our Pontiac Prayeravan because of the prayer that has gone into it at every step. It began months ago with the realization that we did not have the finances to purchase the required van but we prayed nonetheless for the impossible. With only three weeks before departure we contacted a mission organization who purchases vehicles for missionaries and prayed, “Lord, we are not sure but we are going to head in this direction. If it’s not from You, redirect.”

A week ago we contacted many of you and asked you to pray because CMTS said, “This would be a God thing if it happens.” Since then three staff members told us it is amazing they were able to get this van. In recounting the story one staffer recalled, “Isn’t this the van so many people were praying for?” Hallelujah!

Then before we even drove it off the lot we circled around and offered a prayer of dedication. We acknowledged it as the Lord’s van, asked Him to glorify Himself with it, and prayed that all who enter in will sense the presence of Christ. Thanks for your part because we can attest, “The prayer of a righteous…

(In an unrelated note our webmaster and his wife gave birth to their first born son. They wrapped him in a cloth blanket and gave him the name Elijah Samuel.)