August 18, 2011

• What a roller coaster.
  Here goes … our Jeep died about two weeks ago so we had it towed to Monteith. When we picked it back up Nate noticed that the gas gauge had quit working. Soooo, we took it back to them and they blew us off and said it was just a coincidence that it stopped working while it was in their hands. Um. Huh. We couldn’t prove that it was their fault so we just dropped it. (and now I’m mad at them for always )
  Our friends from church let us know they had a car for sale and offered for us to take it for a test drive, etc. I love this car. It’s so cute and fits our family perfectly. We took it to be inspected (Not at Monteith. Never again.) and they said that it was in great condition, but that the timing chain was rattling. They weren’t sure if that was because it was low on oil or not so our friends got the oil changed and we took the car back in today for further inspection.
  In the meantime, Nate was notified about the intern position (see post below).
  The mechanic called us today and said the timing chain was fine! Despite this great news we called our friends and told them we just couldn’t buy the car until we knew more about jobs, finances, etc. They texted us about 20 minutes later and offered the car to us for over half the price!!!!!
  THEN Nate was notified by the Department Head at school that there is an 80% chance his internship position will be approved after all! She was very sorry about the way things went down and we’re feeling much better about the entire incident. Nate is going to speak with one of the profs on Monday to clear the air. (Those counselors … always talking things out. )
  What a day!!
  What all of that rambling means: We are buying the car (and will still have money to live on for the next several months in case Nate doesn’t find a job) AND he will possibly have the paid internship position that we were counting on (in which case he won’t need a job because the internship and job are one in the same).
  We’re picking the car up tomorrow and heading to the BMV. Nate will know about the internship by Monday.
  Through all of this Nate and I have felt both angry and sad, yet at peace. We knew that God had something in store for us and we knew, without a doubt, that our needs would be met.

  Running on faith!

  That last sentence reminds me of this song. Boy, does this one bring back memories.
  

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