Dearest Family & Friends,
Its been a week since the spinal tap and I think the side effects are almost gone. I did get some headaches and had to stay totally flat through Saturday. Sunday and today I have been up and around more with minimal headache and back ache. Unfortunately the other symptoms still remain...limited walking, weak body, shortness of breath, pain in bones and joints. We are prayerful that the test results, which should come next week, will be conclusive. I will let you know as soon as I get them. Thank you for your continued prayers!
Well...we have another major challenge that has come up in the last two days. We have been having car trouble off and on over the last year and especially over the last two months. My cousin is a great mechanic and has always been very good to us. He has been trying to locate the problem and save us as much money as possible. After two attempts to fix it he let us know on Saturday that it is our transmission and even with discounted labor will take $3,000 or more to fix. Our car is 10 years old and not worth spending that kind of money to repair.
We now have to replace the car immediately and unexpectedly. Since we are below our monthly support budget we have not had any additional money each month to put away in order to replace the car eventually. So we need a miracle and a quick one as we are scheduled to go up to Vermont on Saturday for a long awaited family reunion with Dan's family (already a major challenge with my health). It is even more critical to replace the car right away due to my condition and our need to get back and forth to doctors and grocery stores to keep me on my nutritional plan. Just the few days our car has been away at the mechanic have been a nightmare trying to juggle 3 kids and a sick wife with no car.
We have sought council as to what we should do and we realize that we need to invest in a reliable used car as we have with the last two cars we owned.
This gives us assurance that we will not have breakdowns or unexpected car problems we cannot afford as we live on a limited budget. We also travel so much with our ministry that a good reliable car is a must!!
So,...what we need to do is raise an immediate $3,000 to $4,000 to make a down payment in order to make our monthly payments affordable. We would have had to raise this to fix our car anyway so we feel it is a good place to start. We will still need to raise additional money to make the monthly payments but we would have some time to do that over the next month.
Car shopping right now is very stressful and difficult due to our financial place and my condition and inability to really help Dan. We need to see God do a miracle and bring us that perfect car that meets all our needs as a family and for ministry. We have a pretty good idea of what we want. We are just trying to get a dealer in our price range. We ask for your prayers as we have to secure a purchase in the next two days and we need a financial miracle to do so!!
I know you will be praying as you have so faithfully done. We weren't sure we could possibly handle one more challenge but here we are!! God is able!!
Much Love,
Rebecca
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