Not the most exciting subject there is, but to us, we can’t stop thanking God – and Mom – for a cute little motorhome that we are driving around on this trip! Introducing “Small Fat and Happy,” a long name I just made up (until a better one comes along) for our 21 foot traveling “horse”… which weighs in at about 8000 lbs and is running on 6 Volkswagon cyclinders. (Well, right now it is just 4 … but we’ll find out soon enough about that) :-)
Now Jesus said it well when He said we aren’t to worry about anything, or even feel like we have to pray about everything because God knows what we need well before we even know it.
How true that is!
For the latter half of the summer Vinny and I were planning and cramming literally every square inch of our small Toyota Highlander with camping gear like tents, sleeping bags, cooking gear, etc. A little like children who don’t know any better, we were excited about “getting back to nature” and roughing it. Really roughing it. For 6 months. Kids can be so funny sometimes.
Then it so happened that just days before having to shut the campground down and head south – into the great unknown – that my Mom decided she wanted to sell her mini motorhome. She had more sophisticated vision for how to travel, when that time comes, and didn’t want the hassle. So Vinny and I talked about it. It was a generous offer on my Mom’s part, and one that we realized that we couldn’t refuse.
Thank you Mom! Every day we express how we can’t believe how much better it is than our original plans. We don’t have to find campgrounds every night to pitch a tent. We can stay in Walmart parking lots or in friend’s driveway. We can easily cook something wherever we are, to save money. We always have a bathroom to use, and a comfortable bed to sleep in.
That’s all I want to say. Like I said, nothing exciting. Just want to express thankfulness! :-)
