I just have to share some stories of how God is taking care of us during this ordeal. The past few weeks, we’ve had serious car trouble. Our car had to go to the shop twice in three days, with a really huge repair cost. While our car was in the shop for the second time, our truck’s brakes started giving Ron trouble,and we discovered it had a ruptured brake line as well as other brake issues. This was another huge repair. The same day we paid for the car, someone dropped by our house with two separate fundraiser/donation checks that totalled the cost of the repair almost to the dollar! Three days after paying for the truck’s repair bill, we received a fundraising check in the mail (we didn’t even know about this fundraiser!), again, covering the cost almost to the penny!
This amazing story of God’s providential care is just one of many we’ve experienced. I was really stressed about decorating our house for Christmas. On one hand, I wanted Tyler to see the house decorated when he comes home from the hospital, but on the other hand, I didn’t want to spend precious hours away from him to do so. One day I returned home from the hospital to discover our house completely decorated, compliments of my sisters-in-law and Michelle and TJ. That same day, a Chapelgate parent came to our house to help Ron cut down a large tree that needed to come down. Another Chapelgate family donated the use of a chipper/shredder for the tree’s removal. Also, my co-worker’s husband, who is a contractor, donated his time to meet with Ron to help prioritize what work we need to do to get our house’s mold issues taken care of before Tyler come’s home after his transplant. He also offered to help Ron with the work! I could go on and on with ways we’ve been blessed and cared for by others.
So while we could easily fall into despair when Ty gets really ill, or things break down, or when other stresses come our way, we don’t. We know God is taking good care of us!