The songwriter said it this way: "Just wait 'til you see my brand new home." Of course, he was talking about heaven, but the song has gone through my mind a couple of times as we contemplated replacing our old trailer. The Lord made a way for us to get another trailer, a 2020 model that we purchased barely used (it went on 3 trips). If you were to come to our house in Mississippi right now, you would see the possessions of two homes stacked around the house. A random washer sits in the sun room waiting to be installed in the trailer, for example. Clothes have to be sorted, dishes sorted, everything gone through and decisions made as to where to put it in the new trailer. One member of the family holds out hope that some of the stuff from the old trailer will find its way to the dump, but his identity will remain a secret. It was he who tried to get other members to throw a garment away every time a new one arrived from the thrift store. Sadly, his admonitions went mostly unheeded, his advice disregarded. But, as I said, he will remain anonymous.
Our old trailer is for sale on consignment right now. Many have expressed interest in the unit, one person even placing a nonrefundable deposit on it. He has 30 days to come up with financing. Please pray that he is successful and that we can get our unit sold.
We have decided to replace the suspension on the new trailer. The thinking is that we could have it replaced in a professional shop in Memphis, or we could replace each spring one by one along the side of the highway somewhere. Having done the latter more times than I care to count, I am voting for the former. The new suspension will be greatly upgraded in hopes that we will not have problems down the road.
The work on the trailer will scarcely be completed before we take off for Canada, California, and Arizona. We are looking forward to God doing great things in our meetings.
After hearing all the wonderful things that God had done for us in the purchase of our truck, a friend of mine recently exclaimed, "Why wasn't I told about it? I would have loved to have gotten involved!" In the spirit of answering his question, let me say that there is a financial need regarding the trailer. If you would like to get involved, please contact me.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. May God bless all of you.
