Let me share with you a blessing: how a car was given by God's grace in response to my prayer.
I live in the countryside 160 km away from New York city, and a car is essential for a means of transportaion. Since I don't drive, I have to rely on my husband driving his car for me.
I got a notice about a holy meeting of my church in NYC invisitng a mission team from Japan on Oct. 18, 2016. It takes about two-hour-and-half drive from home to NYC; it was too tough for him to drive me to NYC back and forth, let alone having seen his dentist in NYC for some weeks at that time. However, as a participation in the holy meeting is according to God's will, I prayed so I could do so. Soon after that, my husband who had been unwilling to drive to NYC scheduled his dentist's appointment on the same day of the holy meeting, so he could drive me to join it !
To our suprise, my husband's van completely shut down and totaled. It had been running with conituous repairs for two years, knowing it needed to be replaced. But it really broke down just a day before the holy meeting !
I couldn't accept this fact, wondering why now. I sent in a prayer request to my church and I gave thanks for that, believing it would work for my good.
Right before this incident, I had been reading a testimony of somebody given a car in a monthly Chrsitian magazine,"A Rainbow in the Clouds." I was reminded that I had not been praying for my hustand's car. I repent of that and gave thanks and started to pray for a next car for him. I prayed earnestly : "Dear God, my husband had wanted a next car for some years. Please hear his request. Give it to him free of charge.
Then, a thought came to my husband's mind. He had a friend whose father had passed away about three years before left his car outside and his friend wanted to have somebody drive that car for the sake of its function.
On a day before the holy meeting in NYC, my husband contacted his friend who lived in another state and his friend kindly told him to use the car free of charge ! On top of that, he premitted my husband to register the car's title as his. Basically, a car was given to him !
A couple days after completing various procedures for the car when we were ready to drive, snow fell and it piled up about 30 cm. His old van couldn't hadle the snowy roads but my husband says the given car drove well on the snowy roads.
I give my heart-felt thanks for the grace of the Lord who kept our life going, providing the essential car.
In additon, in December 2017, the friend who let my husband use his car offered him the car. So it actually became my husband's ! Hallelujah !
Ms. B