The Great Car Switcheroo

This guy wants to drive so badly that he jumps into open car windows.

We thought we would be without a car now, fully relying on taxis and micros to accomplish life here. You see, while we have some money in our vehicle account, we still need a good amount (at least $5,000) to purchase our own car. 

Our first nine months here, we borrowed a car from our SAMair boss. Although we had yet to meet, the Throssels approved us using their vehicle while they were stateside. It was a huge blessing! At the point when they needed the car back, the Kienzle family was heading on home assignment and left us their keys. So this past year was again covered! As the year came to an end, we were anticipating handing the Kienzle family their car back and being without for a while. David seemed content with it, but I was wrestling with what life would be like without a vehicle. 

At what seemed the last minute, another SAM family decided to go on home assignment. Within weeks of us planning for not having a car, we were again blessed with a vehicle to borrow. David dropped the Smith family off at the airport bringing their car back to use and on the very same evening he left the Kienzle's car for them at the base!  It was cool!  I am still so grateful to have a car to use! 

It is our hope to raise enough this year to purchase an automatic car of our own. All the cars thus far have been stick, which I cannot drive. (I know! I know! Everyone tells me that I can learn, but have you seen how they drive here?  I want to be able to concentrate on not getting hit and not worry about shifting gears too!) It will be a great help for us both to be able to drive. Please pray with us for this!

In the meantime, we are so grateful that we have had cars to borrow and for the generous missionary families who have trusted us!