Truck transmission blues

The transmission in the truck went out a week and a half ago, so we’ve been afoot a little more than normal. Amazingly, it hasn’t affected us too much, since we take the bus a lot, however there isn’t any real bus service to the orphanages. So perhaps there was a Spiritual aspect to the breakdown as well, who knows. But, undaunted we’ve taken a taxi to Cuidad de los Ninos for the three classes we’ve taught over the past week, not a problem because they are pretty cheap here. And we don’t have anything in stone yet with Hogar de Ninos, so it’s not a problem for them if we come back when we have the truck back.

Thankfully, we had shopped the day the truck broke down so that hasn’t been a problem either. We’ve been using the fruiteria that’s walking distance from the house to keep up our stock of fresh fruit and veggies and yesterday we walked about 10 blocks to the Bodega, a big grocery store near us, to pick up some things from them. It was a lovely, cool, overcast day, so it was perfect for walking!! God is good!

Supposedly, the parts will be in tomorrow and they hope to have the truck back to us on Saturday…a very spendy repair for parts and labor, but we are thankful it could be fixed rather than replaced. Again, God is good.

The service adviser who was helping us was struck down by a seizure and hospitalized the day after talking with us about the truck repairs, however, he is recovering nicely at home and is expected back at work soon. Please continue to pray for Ruben’s recovery.

Thanks for your prayers!!