I couldn't help myself!
I had to share.
For those of you who have cars, you might be able to follow me here. You know that really annoying little light that occasionally turns on on your dash? The aggrivating reddish orange one that screams, "you're about to spend a lot of money on me!"
Yes, the horrid CHECK ENGINE light!
Well, the one in Jeremy's car has been on for the past few months. We took it to Auto Zone and had it scanned to find out that the 'EGR valve or sensor' was bad. After we found out how much it was going to cost, we decided to let it sit in the parking lot and he would use my car : ) Well, with our upcoming trip to NY and my car's dislike for snow, we decided we would just bite the bullet and get it taken care of. Not only that, but the 'change oil' light was on in my car - so either way we really needed to seek out a good mechanic. Jeremy asked his mentor at school and she told us to go check out 'Pit Stop.' We took my car in for an oil change, with no appointment, and we pulled in and out within a half an hour without a lot of money missing from our wallet. While we were there we talked to them about fixing Jeremy's car and if they could give us a price for fixing the valve. He told us what it would be but he also said that it would most likely just be the sensor. We were pretty impressed that they told us that since they could have easily just taken us for the more expensive part since that's what we asked for. So, we took it in to get the sensor changed and it was done in 2 hours for less money than they originally told us. Unfortunately, after we left, that darn light came back on. So, we took it back in today to get the valve fixed. Jeremy got a call after school and they aren't charging us for labor since they just did the other work yesterday - they are only charging us for the part itself which has an impressively small price tag! (for a car part)
I am SO impressed.
Finding a good, trustworthy, fair mechanic is a hard thing to do and being in a new town I was very nervous. So all day long i'm sitting here worrying about the car and what THIS bill will be like and whether or not it was going to be ready in time for us to take it to NY, etc, etc, etc - and then - BOOM!
"Oh ye me of little faith...."
It was one of those "uhm, hello - of course I came through" moments where you feel about as big as a worm when you realize you spent the whole day worrying and doubting your Lord.
So, if you've had one of these moments, have some comfort knowing you're not alone. If you're going through one of these moments, hang tight, He WILL come through. And if you haven't ever had one of these moments, well, here's a little insight for the future. Oh, and i'd also like to talk to you! LOL
Ok, NOW it will be some time before you hear from me again ; )
Unless of course God gets a hold of me in another awesome way.
