Dearest Family & Friends,
Wanted to send a quick update and immediate prayer request for our car
situation.
As far as how I am doing. No major changes. Had a little more energy today
than the last few days. Yesterday we had wonderful friends and family watch
our kids for us and I was able to help Dan car hunt for the day...I had my
ups and downs, I am sure mainly from the stress of it all! This week I will
hopefully receive more conclusive blood results and I would ask that you
keep me in prayer as I try to locate and secure an appointment with a Lyme
specialist.
As far as the car situation. We have been searching everyday online and had
not come up with much over the last week. However, after Wednesday's car
problems and the probability of having to drive some distance to a
specialist we knew our situation was even more urgent and decided to go car
hunting in New Jersey yesterday to see what we could find. To make a long
story short we felt we had finally found the used van we where looking for.
It seemed like a great deal until we ended up with a dealer who tagged on
$1,000 in "hidden fees" and would only give us half of what we needed
and
had been quoted from other dealers for our trade in. Defeated we headed home
but decided to stop in a two more Honda dealers to see what they had (we
always buy Honda for their reliability and resale value...we count on
both!). They had nothing used but after sharing our story and what we do
with one dealer he said..."let me see if I can't get you in a new
van" and
proceeded to match the price of the used van we just looked at for a new one
(its also clearance month which we did not realize but works in our favor).
Today Dan did some further price comparison here on the Long Island and saw
one guy at a local Honda dealer that is a friend of my fathers. He actually
was able to come down even further and give us the full amount for our trade
in. However we are still not at the price we need to be at with what we
currently have.
So...we feel God has given us an amount for our monthly payments on the van
and we do not want to exceed that in the purchase price as we still need to
raise some of that amount. Both on the used car and the new (as we are in
the same price category now) we are about $3,600 short on our down payment
including all fees, DMV, etc...
We were not looking for nor expecting a new car (we have never owned a new
car) and in fact we are still very actively looking for another used car
that has what we want and may come in even lower than the quotes we
currently have. Right now we just want to walk in obedience to the Lord and
whatever He would want to do, yet we understand the need to move quickly as
we cannot borrow other peoples cars forever (thank you Daddy)!! We feel a
decision must be made within the next few days, so the pressure is on!!!!!
We ask that you would pray with us for immediate release of these
additional finances and that God would put His finger on the right car. We
feel He has shown us very specifically which car He wants for us...now we
just need to find it in our price range. Thank you for praying and
partnering with us and thank you again to those who have already given to
our need!! Every car we have ever owned has been a miracle story and we are
just waiting to see how God wants to finish writing this one!!!
Love,
Rebecca
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