Well, we thought it was all groovy and the Checy was humming along until...Iowa. AS I wrote in the last blog the boys got as far as Nowhere, IA (an exit for Williamsburg, IA midway between Des Moines and Iowa City). It is there the van sits at a garage where the mechanic says it's "missing badly" referring to missing on the cylinders...no spark?, no fuel? stuck value? computer error?, or any number of problems that 2o years ago was pretty easy to diagnose and fix. So the mechanic is helping them get to Iowa City where they are renting a Penske moving truck....you see Enterprise, Hertz, and the others won't rent to anyone under 21 (and in some cases under 25). they will go back to Nowhere, IA and get the stuff (including an antique chair we bought in CT) and then start the trek back home. Good thing is we know God knows where we are and unlike Job (who dared to asked God, "Why?" and then had to repent...after all we are the clay and he is the maker) I will just hope that God is glorified somehow through all of this. Outside of missing this past weekend's gig (which wasn't a biggie...read the last blog) and the financial costs of extra nights in hotels, etc. this hasn't been as bad as it could've been. Why, Tino Wallenda told me a story of a time recently when one of their trucks and trailers were totaled. Then their was the fire one of their trailers burned and they lost so many precious family possessions. So this man with tight shoes won't complain because I have seen those with no shoes.
Keep Jim and Nick in your prayers.
(I do want tomention theat Penske came down in their rates after hearing the boys' story. That makes them heros of sorts to me.)
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