God has proven Himself faithful once again. It happened during this past weekend, and while it is still all a blur, I will recount it to give Him the credit.

Late Thursday night while Renée was busy working, I was doing a little web surfing, checking out used trucks. I’ve been looking for a Toyota Tacoma for nearly eight months, so this was getting to be pretty routine (I was getting frustrated that websites couldn’t remember my searches). I’ve been searching in Albuquerque, Houston, and Phoenix, and haven’t been too successful. Thursday evening, however, I saw the very last entry which seemed promising. It was located in Phoenix, so I emailed my Uncle and Aunt near the location of the truck and asked them to ask Grandpa to check it out if he wasn’t too busy, figuring he’d like something to do.

Well, I wasn’t prepared to hear that my uncle and aunt were going to check it out for me! They set up an appointment to test drive it and check it out and were quite pleased with the vehicle. My cousin, Sean, went along and was able to talk the dealer down considerably and check out the vehicle mechanically.

So, Saturday afternoon, I get a call from my uncle about the truck. They gave me the telephone number of the fleet manager and gave me their feelings on the truck, which were quite positive. After talking to the fleet manager and securing financing, I booked a flight out to Phoenix for the following day. My friend Tim even decided to go with me! It was so awesome.

After not sleeping at all Saturday night, I got up Sunday morning and got ready to go to the airport, just one carry-on bag and that was it. Of course, that meant that I was going to be searched since I had no luggage and a one-way ticket. Sigh–so I get to the airport about an hour-and-a-half early to be greeted by Tim. He quickly says that our flight has been cancelled and that the airline is going to try and get us on an earlier flight–but it leaves in ten minutes! So I race up to the counter to get a boarding pass then run all the way to security. We get to go straight to the front of the “frisking line” and have the employees do their thing. They even seemed somewhat annoyed that they had to frisk us, just for going to Phoenix! Oh well.

When they were finished, we booked it to the gate to find out that our plane… was still there! In fact, the airline was having difficulty communicating with the tower in Phoenix so they delayed the flight for about 20 minutes. I think it was just God giving Tim and me a little grace.

So we got to Phoenix, were picked up by my uncle and aunt, drove over to the dealer, and bought the truck. After spending some good time with my grandfather, Tim and I headed back to Albuquerque, to return exactly 12 hours after we left that morning! It was quite the adventure.

The best part about all of this, though, is that it is totally God’s provision. Renée and I committed our search of a truck to God when we first started, decided on a price that would be a wise use of the money God had given us, and prayed, waited, and looked. Nothing fit inside of what we were looking for, so we decided with some hesitancy to increase our looking price. But this truck was inside our original price range and came packed with a lot more features than we expected, as well as being in excellent condition and having low mileage.

God is a good Father. I don’t deserve this gift by any means. But He is definitely worthy to be praised!

I also have to thank my wonderful wife for being so supportive of me. When I was fearful, she was strong and still believed in me, covering me in prayer the whole time. I am the most fortunate, blessed man in the world to have her by my side. I love you, sweetheart!