As many of you know, Shane and I have been looking for a car for what seems like an eternity. Here a used car is a code word for a totaled car imported from the U.S. If that doesn´t make us slow down and really look into what we are buying, the price tag certainly does. Used cars are almost double the price of what they are in the states. So we have been looking at our options to say the least. Our friend Paulo who is a mechanical engineer has been able to help us know which vehicles are in good condition and such. Shane and I have been praying a lot that God would provide us with a vehicle that would meet our needs as far as having enough space and wouldn´t break down a lot and cost us a bunch of money.
With those things being said, we have had our sights set on a 96 Tracker. The body was in good condition, the motor was running well, no oil leaks or anything. Of course the only problem was the price. Too high. Over a three week time period we continued looking at other vehicles and kept coming back to this one. With the help of some friends we finally got the salesman to come down little by little on his price until last Friday it hit our price range. That evening we prayed that if this was the car we had been praying for that all would go smoothly, and that if it wasn´t we would be prevented from buying it. I really hadn`t considered the second being a possibility, though. The next morning we cheerfully headed into town with our friends just ecstatic to be with car again. We anxiously greeted the salesman, whom we were on a first name basis with at this point, and he gives us the news. Yes, the car had been sold Friday afternoon. We were a little dumbfounded and were not even sure how to respond. So here we are, back to square one and trusting God with the vehicle hunt. While laughing our friends said, ¨You asked, and God answered!¨
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