Times of Testing

Wow folks, I guess I haven’t posted anything in a while, and I need to! We’re going through some testing, and could use your prayers.

First, our daughter Allison, serving in the army in Germany, was involved in a terrible crash on the Autobahn. She was hit from behind, spun all over the road, and her (government) car totally destroyed. We cried as we heard of this, and learned that she had survived. She is suffering from a concussion, however, with blurry vision and headaches. Lynn and I will be flying to Germany (Allison is paying), in a few weeks. But she needs your prayers.

Then Lynn has been having dental problems. This week she had to have a lot of work done which she described as torture, and it hit us for $2500. She’s still suffering from that, and there is still some more work to do.

She drove about 2 hours from our home to have the dental work, because we used to go to that dentist when we lived here before. Well, our car has been overheating, and it got hot on the trip over. I told her to take it to a mechanic we used to take our car to. The man called to tell me the car is totally ruined! It’s not because we drove it when hot. We were careful to keep water and antifreeze in it and Lynn always pulled over when it overheated. But it turns out there is a defect in this Toyota motor having to do with the bolts that hold the head on. We got a second opinion, and it’s confirmed – our car is totally out of commission!

Yesterday, I had to stop my school work and ride over two hours to where Lynn was and bring her home on the Yamaha. We left our car at our daughter Sarah’s house. As we rode home it was kind of cold, and hard on our older bodies, but we made it safe and sound, thank God. We won’t be heading out for any cross-country motorcycle rides anytime soon though!

On top of everything, we have no jobs as yet. Lynn’s been looking. I applied for that chaplain’s job when we first got here, but wasn’t chosen. To be honest, I’ve been working full-time on my master’s degree, and don’t know if I could even handle a job right now. Maybe part-time, but that’s all, and we haven’t found any part-time work either.

So finances are running low. We know God is in control, and He is our Provider. He’s never let us down. But we do need your prayers for His wisdom, to know how we should proceed.

I have to thank God for these trials. The Bible says to count it all joy. These tests will build our faith and our testimonies. Besides, they could’ve been much worse. Allison could’ve been taken from us. So many in the world have faced much worse things than we are facing. I know God will get us through this time and we’ll praise Him for everything. But I wanted to let you all know what’s going on, so you could pray. We need your intercession!

That’s all for now.

Blessings to all of you,

Warren

PS – I’ve got a lot of teachings/meditations building up that I want to share with you. I know how to do it on video, but still can’t figure out the podcast aspect. There are a few technical details I still haven’t mastered. Once I do figure those out, stay tuned, because I’ll be sharing some things with you.