Our Providential God or Rays story

November 21

    A date that will live in my mind forever, It is the day my life changed. The day of my car accident. It has been a year since that day and I can see how, in so many ways, I am better for it. 

    I was going back to school from work at around 8pm. I was so tired and was ready to get home and sleep. Even now, I look back and am not sure how it happened, I was coming up to a stoplight and was slowing down, and I think I feel asleep in just a second because the next thing I knew, I had run into the back of the car in front of me. I dont remember hearing the crash, I dont remember panicking, I just remember the chaos that would ensue. Ray (my car) was not drivable. I had to have him towed from the accident scene. Because I was in college and was broke, I had to put his repairs on credit since I couldn’t afford it. 

    When I got Ray back from the shop, I started the drive back to MD immediately. The semester was over and I was ready to go home. He, unfortunately, did not make the drive. He broke down again about 3 hours from my parents house. I had him towed the remainder of the trip and then he sat in my parents driveway while I tried to figure out what to do. At this point, I was out a couple thousand dollars already and still had a broken car. My plan of starting deputation in January was quickly evaporating. 

    I took Ray to a shop just to see what they thought the problem was, they said that the first mechanic didn't put in the radiator properly which caused the coolant to run out, making the transmission overheat. He needed a new transmission. Some of you probably know, a transmission is the most costly part to replace on a car. Now I needed to figure out if it would even be worth paying to put in a new one in a used car. Honestly, it didn't matter what my decision was, I had no money, no job and was already in severe debt from trying to fix him in the first place. 

    A few days after Christmas, I had a msg from a pastors wife asking me to come teach in their school. I have always been one of those people who said I would never, ever step foot in a classroom. That I didn't like kids... and everything else. So I had no intention of going to teach for a school anywhere. I informed her that I was planning on starting deputation and that I would be unable to teach for them at this time. She wrote back asking me if I would be willing to teach for just the spring semester as they'd had a teacher who was forced to resign and wouldn't be able to finish the school year. I told her briefly of my car situation and explained that it would not be feasible for me to take a teachers salary since I needed to fix my car before starting to travel and thanked her for the offer. 

    The next day I had another msg from the same pastors wife asking if she could call me. I hesitantly accepted, knowing that I had 'already made up my mind.' She called and told me that the church was willing to pay to repair my car if I would agree to come teach for them. They also would provide housing and pay me a salary. On top of all that, they also helped cover the expenses I had paid to have my car fixed the first time!

    What a miraculous answer to prayer! We truly serve a great and mighty God! Every time I think of this story, or share it with someone else I am nearly brought to tears at everything God has done for me this last year. 

Maybe you have wondered why I ask people so often to 'Pray for Ray.' Well hopefully now you know a little bit more why he means so much to me :)