Friday, September 20, 2019

Yee Haw!

I want to just title all my blogs "Provisions!" because God is so good to provide! But alas, I try to be creative.  You'll understand the title here shortly.

Michael has accepted a wonderfully, fabulous job as a simulator instructor for the KC-135. He's been wanting to get back to teaching, back to working with the military, and back to his beloved aircraft. An opportunity was placed on his lap and he accepted.  The job is in Altus, Oklahoma, at Altus Air Force Base. Three-fourths of the Corsar's are staying in North Carolina until Evan graduates high school in 9 months while the other 1/4 of us is living out west. We'll all join him in June next year.



Michael drove a company car when he lived in North Carolina, so there was no vehicle for him to take to Oklahoma.  Funds were all locked up to pay for his move and setting up an apartment, so there were no funds for a vehicle for him for a while.  He had resigned that he would ride his bicycle to work and home. He worked out ways to ride to grocery stores every few days to only buy what would fit in his backpack.  It would be an inconvenience, but it was literally his only choice.

(Side story time because our stories of provision always have a back story God has been working on  for some time.) Michael's sister, Jaime who lives in Omaha, is married to Jenean. Jenean's family lives in Altus, Oklahoma. Jaime told her father-in-law, Jim, that her brother was moving to town and gave him Michael's phone number.   Jim called Michael and invited him to church with he and his wife on Sunday, picked him up, introduced him to tons of people, and they all took him to lunch after church!  Of course, my extrovert husband was in heaven having tons of new people to talk to! At lunch, Jim discovered  Michael doesn't have a vehicle right now, so he offered Michael his "hay-bale" truck to use until he gets something of his own.  The only caveat is Michael has to come out to the farm once a week with the hay-bale truck and help Jim feed the cows and horses.

If you know Michael, this story is pretty comical because he is 100% city boy. There is not a country bone in his body. But Jim's Christ-like generosity touched him so much, that he agreed to the terms!


(Those spikes on the back are what crack me up, but apparently they are on hydraulics that come down to pick up the hay bales.)  

Michael has not only been provided transportation, but he has a family who cares for him, feeds him, and values him and he's only been there for one week!  A family that God had been putting into place in our lives long before He called Michael  to move to Altus, Oklahoma.

God may not provide in ways we think He should provide, but He 100% provides in ways we NEED Him to provide.

When I see my husband in a month, he may be wearing camouflage and chewing on straw when he picks me up in this miraculous truck, but YEE HAW! God is good!


"And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others."
         2 Corinthians 9:8

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