Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Miraculous Provision

By popular demand, here's the Jesus story behind the RV...
As many of you know, God gave me a vision one year ago, possibly to the day, that the kids and I would get rid of all our worldly possessions, leave our home, and travel the country feeding the houseless and encouraging the bride! In the vision we were traveling in an RV. By faith we gave everything away by putting an event on FB asking anyone to come to our home and take whatever they needed! In two days time our home was empty of everything but the bare necessities for life and ministry. The morning came when the Lord told us we should leave and there was not an RV in our parking lot! By faith we quickly rethought our necessities, packed my 2000 Kia Sephia with mostly ministry supplies, and headed south to Alabama. Throughout this past year we have been blessed to go to 24 states and touch thousands of lives for the kingdom by His strength and favor! God has been totally faithful every step of the way with hotels, host homes, food for both us and those we feed, gas for the car, every other need you can possibly think of, and occasionally even the desires of our hearts that weren't needs! At the Kentucky School of Power and Love I was praying with a woman when the Lord told me, "She needs to see the tangible depth of My love." I continued talking with this beautiful new friend, pressing in for more information. After a while I found out that her need was for a vehicle. Without hesitation I said that I believed I was to give her our car! A few days later we delivered the car to her home and drove a loaner from a friend for two weeks! When it was time to return the loaned vehicle we had people volunteering to give us rides every where we needed to be! When it was time to leave Kentucky and head to Missouri, the Lord provided us with the cash for a rental, and we got a cross country mini van at local full size car cost! After the  School Power and Love in Kansas City, Missouri I asked the Lord if a trip to WI would be in His will so I could honor my earthly father by surprising him with an annual tradition. Jesus provided a way, once again! We got a rental SUV at full size cost! My dad was totally beside himself when we surprised him, and our annual autumn walk was amazing! This past week we have been staying at my mom's home, and she has been sooooo gracious to loan us her car every day while she's at work! On Saturday we went with a friend, Shannon, to Holy Hill for another autumn walk, and when she learned that we had given our car away she felt an overwhelming yearning in her heart to find our RV. She set out yesterday morning to visit a dealership. She shared the vision with an employee and left our information. On her way home she saw an RV for sale roadside. She looked it over, called the owner, and didn't get a response. Last night I got slammed with the worst spiritual warfare physically, I've ever experienced (shooting pain up my spine and into my neck, tight aching upper legs, numbness from my knees down through my toes, and cramping in my abdomen not much less than labor pains!) I barely slept the whole night, but had incredible peace through it all! This morning Shannon called the owner again, he said this was his day off, and she should come take a look. She called me, and I rejected the call...I was exhausted! She text, and I didn't even check it! She called a second time, and I answered! She was so excited! She strongly believed this was the RV God had for us! I hesitantly crawled out of bed and got ready...bare minimum energy equaling bare minimum effort until I realized the pain was almost completely gone! Shannon picked me up and started explaining everything and I started getting a little bit excited, but stayed very mellow. We looked at the RV, and I stayed very mellow. We took the RV to my mechanic friend Jason at Millers Auto, who always gives it to me straight. He said it was a great deal, only needing a new exhaust and generator which we should deduct from our offer. Now I was getting excited! The asking price was $6,900 and he instructed me to begin the offer at $4,200 going no higher than $5,500. Shannon piped up saying she really felt she should offer $3,000. Jason said the man may get offended, and I didn't want to take advantage of anyone, but Shannon was convinced. When we drove back to the original location Shannon bartered while I checked out my funds. As I hung up the phone the man approached me with a big smile, "I have good news for you! I want to give it to you for $4,000! Almost half my asking price! I wanted it to go to a good cause, and yours is the best I know of!" What?! Jesus!!! We prayed blessings over the man, ran to get the money, and here I am...home and vehicle owner for $4,000! Not to mention it comes complete with exterior storage and an outdoor shower that we can use for our houseless ministry! Jesus is Lord!!! Tomorrow we will gas it up, switch the title and plates, and schedule to get the exhaust and generator fixed! Kingdom living is the best life ever!!! I can't wait to see what He has planned for us next!
Run with me church!
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