Day 20

Today I am thankful that God is in the details and that He takes care of EVERYTHING!

This morning, Karen and I pulled out and headed down our street in our trusty SUV. I started hearing a little ticking sound coming from the back tire and was worried maybe it was a nail or screw in the tire making the noise every time the tire went around (this happened to me in the States one time and it was a similar sound). So, at 7:30 am, we weren’t sure if our tire place, “Rafaelitos” would be open to get it checked out. We drove around the block and back to our street to try to come up with a plan.

 Just as I drove back onto our street, our neighbor was walking by (I call him “Abuelito”-Grandpa). He is really caring and friendly and always watches out for us. Karen rolled down the window and said, “Can we ask you a question?” Grandpa- “You can ask 2 if you want!” Anyway, we explained our predicament and he was happy to help. We pulled over and he got a tool out of our trunk (that we didn’t even know we had!) to check to make sure nothing on the tire was loose (sorry I know NO auto terminology in English or in Spanish- but he checked some stuff). After determining that everything was ok, he rubbed his hand around the tire and found a rock that was stuck that was making the noise! He pulled it out, sent us on our way, and wished us luck!

Sure enough, the sound stopped and it was smooth sailing all the way out to Caraballo!

As I was driving, I had to stop and think about all the ways that God takes care of me always- but specifically all the ways he took care of me this morning. It was just a rock in my tire, but it could have been much worse! I could have been stranded somewhere with no one to help, but instead my trustworthy neighbor “Abuelito” was there to save the day! Thank you God for taking care of me J