Monday Aug 8: I needed to get a bike before we moved. I started looking on Craigslist for a total “dad” bike, you know, something with one of those sweet hard plastic seats to strap in the smallest member of your family that can’t keep up on their own. I finally found one for $160 out Fall Creek, but was having trouble finding time to drive all the way to the location to make a purchase. Finally after our Young Life meeting on a Monday evening I drove up with one of my old YL leaders, Mike, who was in town visiting. We had a great visit on our drive out and nearly got lost after going to the wrong house and driving through someone’s front yard (the guy said it was okay). The guy selling the bike, Scott, was a super nice guy. Through our conversation I told him I was moving to California to go to a school of ministry this next year. His response was, “Praise God, that’s awesome, the bike’s yours!” He totally just gave me this awesome bike! Schwinn, cruiser, five-speed & killer kid seat on the back! (Lily loves it.) Mike and I prayed for Scott and his family, we loaded up the bike and praised the Lord as we drove off.
Tuesday Aug 9: My laptop crashed the week prior and I had to get a new computer before we left. A good friend, Doug, who helps us out with our computers at the YL office took my laptop to see if it was salvageable. He diagnosed it and told me it had a pulse but suffered severe brain damage. He directed me to Office Depot to take advantage of a couple rebates they were offering. While purchasing the cahier suddenly realized something, left for a moment and promptly returned with a $100 visa cash card and said it was one of their promotions they were doing! Ha! Doug was able to transfer all my information off my old computer onto my new, like I never missed a beat! If my computer would have crashed down in California I would have had to pay sales tax and I wouldn’t have had Doug!
Wednesday Aug 10: My friend Jesse has a drift boat and has been telling me at summer that he’d be glad to take the boys and me fishing whenever we wanted to go. I made plans with him Wednesday for an evening float and went to Bi-Mart to get the boys new fishing poles as a surprise. I ran into a friend of mine named Doug (Different Doug than Computer Doug). I coached his son in wrestling back in the day and his wife works in Sporting Goods at Bi-Mart. He asked about the fishing poles for the boys and said he walk them up to the front for me. I grabbed a few more things, came to the front and discovered the Doug had bought the fishing poles for the boys!
Thursday Aug 11: I’ve met every Thursday morning for breakfast at “Steve’s Breakfast & More” with a group of guys for the past three years. When Betty, the owner and our waiter every week, handed out the checks she skipped me. When I asked for it she said, “It’s on Steve!”
The Lord loves to bless us with the little things.
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