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August 25, 2006
God delivered!!!
We received a great gift today. We got a new minivan.
Yup, we found it on yahoo, and it was way out in suffolk.
We bought it from an apparently well-off family, who bought a new van, so they were selling this one.
Why am I calling a gift, you might ask...
Well, that's because it couldn't have had more extras if we tried...
Here's the thing... the minivan that was stolen was great. We'd purchased it for $850, and we'd had it for a year. But it had no features, no extras, nothing special and it was old. It had a ton of miles on it, and we would see lots of minivans just like ours everywhere we went. The only thing it had going for it was it's cd player, and that had been stolen a few weeks before the minivan itself had been taken.
We were looking for a minivan that could sit our family, plus Fabio's mom and brother, so as to have enough room when they visit from Philly. I was hoping for a minivan with 4 doors, because that makes it so much easier to get the boys in the car. And we were hoping for low mileage, without much wear and tear, because we ourselves were hoping to put a bit of mileage on it when we travel to Philly and Maryland a couple times a year... without worrying whether or not the car can make it that far.
Well, as the title of the blog said, God delivered, and more!
This Plymouth Grand Voyager has all the toys and gadgets one might ever want in a minivan, and some you might not even think to ask for.
It's got the cd changer and the dvd mounted on the ceiling.
It's got integrated car seats!!! Yay! If you'll remember, the minivan that got stolen had our car seats in it, so this is a huge blessing!
It's got the 4-doors, plus the back space for those big supermarket shopping days.
It's got power windows and all those other power things. It's got a partially digital dashboard, and smooth changing gears.
Everyone can have a cup o'something on board plus there are little spots to tuck away things. We even found some old cookies in a compartment by the rear seats. The previous owner had 4 kids--these things happen! :)
So, we weren't expecting to have a few thousand dollars expense just pop up. We also weren't expecting to get a van this nice, but we asked the Lord anyway.
He gave us much more than we asked, and I'm super thankful. Praise Him!!!
update: pictures from the ad.
Posted by glassgirl at August 25, 2006 11:04 PM
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Sounds super! Hope you find a better parking space in the other direction.
Posted by: Pop at August 26, 2006 10:04 AM
Yes!!!!
That's right. God definitely pulled through a big one for us. It is a little scary to get all excited about it, because of the fear that this one will also get stolen. But if I protect myself from feeling the possible loss, I'll be missing out on the current joy.
Posted by: Fab at August 26, 2006 11:31 AM