Where do I begin?

I'm in awe of all the things that have been happening lately.  It seems that all we have to do is talk about a dream or an idea and before we know it, it's reality.  We haven't even had to pray before it's already answered!  It's like God can't wait!!!

The first thing is our bus.  Back in November Mark and I were talking about how great it would be if someday we could buy a minibus and renovate it into something to use for our homeless ministry and street evangelism.  We talked about being able to cook on it, having a place for medical work (something that has come up a lot recently in our homeless ministry), and Mark even joked that it wouldn't be complete without a screen to show Christian movies like the Jesus film!  We also wanted plenty of room to bring sound equipment and a place to store Christian literature to give away.

Just 2 weeks ago, we brought it home!  We are in shock still!!!!

We started thinking about what to do to make it more streamlined for what we needed (neither of us are very mechanically inclined) and that we should start praying for someone to help us out with that when our friend Rusty Johnson showed up!  Rusty just spent time last year gutting an RV and renovating it for he and his wife to use for traveling and ministry.  He was looking for a project and we were looking for someone with skills to help us with it all!  God is so awesome!!!

Next, we were talking about how we needed to get some medical supplies when someone from our church asked us if we ever needed medical supplies.  I said we did and they gave us 3 boxes of left over supplies from a missions team!  And wouldn't you know, it had just about everything we had listed as potential needs for the bus!

Then we were talking about how we needed to have someone look at our engine and do some body work on it. We have a potential trip coming up and Mark wanted to make sure all was in good condition.  Mark was talking with a guy at church yesterday about it all to see if he knew someone who could help.  Here's the funny part:  HE'S WORKED ON THIS BUS BEFORE!  He knows everything about it!  He remembers all they've done to it in the last year and is able to get it all going well.

How great is God?  He answers before we even ask!