God's Provision-Not always obvious!

This is an event that happened about 14 years ago. I was a single mom with four children,living in my sister's basement in Oak Park. I was in school full time and living on about $1ooo a month. I owned a 1989 toyota Van that had a lot of miles and wear and tear. Loved that van, it took us on alot of adventures!

It was a very stormy rainy night and there was flooding all over town. My oldest daughter was at Young Life that night and I left to go and pick her up. I was driving down McKinley Blvd and the street was underwater. I did not think it was that deep so I proceeded to drive through. the van almost immediately died and I could not get it started. I pulled over, called for a ride and got home from one of the parents from club.

The next morning I called for a tow truck and had the van towed to a mechanic. fortunately I had been able to continue paying my car insurance. Well, the car was totaled. I was devastated. How was I going to get my children to school or myself back and forth to school? I drove the kids every day to our old neighborhood so they could continue going to their old school.

This is where God's provision came in. The van had tires that were in desperate need of being replaced, but I had no money to do so. The insurance company called and said that they would give me $3200 dollars for the van. I bought the van back from them for $800 and then I was able to locate a mechanic who replaced the ruined engine with a rebuilt one for about $1500 and I was also able to put new tires on the van, with some money left over! God's provision was more than enough, I remember being so amazed at how He continued to take care of me and the kids, and that we had what we needed when we needed it.