The St. Johns are on the road!

It’s 3:09 p.m.

Exactly one week ago today, we left on what we affectionately call “T1” – the mini trip – a pre-cursor to the BIG trip we’ll be making the first week of July.

Today, we’re in beautiful, warm, wonderful Colorado Springs.

And the transmission on our RV is kaput.

Yep. You heard me right.

Now, those of you who followed our last trip know how much we love our transmission mechanic.

You’d think Satan would come up with a new tactic to cost us time and money on the road but this one works pretty good so I bet he figures he’ll keep using it O.o

Funny thing though – Jay was remarking that the RV seemed sluggish for the past few days – it barely takes hills with much more than 60mph speed, even though we weren’t towing our little car.

So last night about 10:00 I started really praying for the RV.  About a half hour later I asked Jay how the RV was doing and it said it suddenly had more power than he thought possible!  We cruised right on into the Springs about 1 a.m. … and just as we arrived, the transmission started spewing fluid and smelled awful.

We’re currently awaiting the verdict from the mechanic.  But it sounds spendy! 🙁

Jay says it’s as if the angels were plugging the hole in the transmission line until we got into the hotel parking lot.  For that, we’re so grateful!

Nothing takes God by surprise. We arrived too early for the taping of the Family Talk broadcast  (communication error) but we know God has us where we can get help for the RV and not feel stressed about being late for the taping. He’s good that way, isn’t He?

As we travel (both in life and in the RV!) we are learning more and more that God is trustworthy.  Even when things happen that we don’t like. He sees the big picture.  In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a whole lot more going on with the breakdown of our RV that we will EVER even know.

So, we’ll stay put in Colorado Springs and be thankful for a few days of unplanned down time.  We’ll try not to worry about what the final bill will be to fix the motorhome – because that’s the other thing.  Where God guides, He provides.

We serve a mighty God!