January 21 – “Car Games”

What a refreshing way to start the day.  We got a phone call from our 3 year old grandson, Micah.  He was on his way to school and wanted to know if he could come over and play when he got out.  Of course we said he could.  He also said he was going to go to Caleb's house, and Zakary's house, and Cailyn's house.  Making the rounds of the cousins..  Sounded like a lot of fun.   Today was also the day for that ages old internet sensation, Car Games.  The guy at the Chevy dealership answered my email about the Equinox.  He asked if me or any member of my immediate family had a 1999 or later Chevy.  I told him our other car is a 1992 GMC truck.  He said that would have been another thousand dollar incentive.  He gave me a price, then said it was better than the price he would have given our mutual friend who used to work there.  Only thing was, his price was higher than the one advertised in their ad in the paper.  I reminded him of that.  He replied that he had just come out of a sales meeting and they had talked about just that thing.  He also made a comment about how many people have been calling about the car all day.  OK.  I tried to get him to quote a specific price in one of his responses, but he never would mention anything specific.  We finally decided that we would like to see the car in person, so he said to just ask for him when we come in.  Still didn't promise any further help, though.    Our other task was to get the process going to get the documents we need to fill out to transfer money for getting the car.  I thought that would be a lot easier that dealing with a car salesman.  It had its moments, but it does promise to go more smoothly.  Chris had to have her signature notarized, but I didn't.  And we had to get someone from the church to sign that I'm really the pastor there.  We hope to get that done tonight so we can mail the paper in first thing tomorrow.  It takes five to ten business days to get approved and wired to our account.  Patience.  And I hope that won't hold up the car deal if that works out.   This afternoon I texted Micah to see if he was coming.  His Daddy called back.  Seems he had to go to work and Christina wasn't feeling well.  Micah definitely wanted to come over, but Jachin was playing a video game.  When it came time to leave, though, Jachin did hop in the car.  They watched Prince Caspian and then acted it all out.  Made for some fun action.    Meanwhile we got a call from their Mom.  The "not feeling well" was pregnancy related, so they were going to head up to St. Luke's to get checked out.  They stopped by here to drop off clothes and pajamas in case the boys are here all night.  And the boys were all for the spend the night plan.  We are anxiously waiting to hear what's up.  We will definitely add that to our prayer time at home group tonight.   Ephesians 1:3-4 says, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight."   Father, please watch over Christina and the little baby inside her.  Amen.