Truck is Ill - Big Prayers Needed!

[pindoc]

Big Prayers, Please!

My little truck barely made it to work. (Grinding noise in front when I stop. Had brakes done ~1 yr ago, rotors turned, pads replaced, so I'm figuring it's structural.) Don't know how I'm getting home. Savings gone in last 3 months. Since Mom's death, still almost 3 hr commute every day, significant health problems myself, knee injury my first day back at work in March (possible scope surgery upcoming) - thus my plan to get more work in April did not happen. Even my plan to keep my baby emergency fund of $1k banked would not have done it, since I am 49 miles from home. NO, buses do NOT go there, never, don't exist. Terrified? Yes.

A loaned vehicle would be one bandage answer to prayer, too, if you are in the Portland, Oregon area.

Wow, here I have been having this spiritual crisis of sorts, anyway, that I haven't told anyone about yet - now you all know that much, and now this. Satan and Murphy just need to get out now.

Thanks for the prayers!

[Gail]

Prayer for you right away! Lifting up your urgency to God, for nothing fazes Him!

[Guest]

I have prayed for you pindoc. And since Gail has prayed too, I'm thinking help is probably on the way right now.

You say it makes a grinding noise when it stops? Maybe it will make it back home. Don't stop until you get there, unless you absolutely have to.

Keep us posted.

[pindoc]

Thanks, Gail and RLH!

Yes, I am planning on waiting till after rush hour and driving home slowly and PRAYING HARD. Well, I will be doing the praying hard thing between now and then, too.

Swallowing my pride is REALLY hard, too. I am also praying hard about that, of course!

[pindoc]

Finally called my aunt who is a couple hours away. Then I was brave enough to call my mechanic. Terry, whom I would trust implicitly as to what my vehicle does or does not need, thinks it does sound like a brake problem, since the noise is not constant and is braking related. Duh. I know, that sounds silly, but the noise was happening more and more all the way here, and it has only been a year and a half since those brakes were done, so I was concerned about it being structural. He suggested driving home carefully and then bringing it in. I told him I will be there first thing in the morning at 0800.

At least, a brake problem is not a truck killer or a deal or a bank breaker. It is a blessing, as Murphies are concerned. So, that is what I am praying for.

There is one answer to prayer! I am hoping for more tomorrow. Not to be greedy or anything. But hey, God said to ask!

[phkrause]

Will add your troubles to our praylist

[Woody]

Thinking of you pindoc. Life is so hard. One thing God will do for you is to shed a few tears. I KNOW He's good for that.

[Guest]

Brake jobs don't last near as long as they used to. Different materials are used for brakes now. Everything the EPA does makes our lives a little harder, and our economy a little worse off. I wish that arm of the government could be snuffed out, but it never will be, until Jesus comes.