Oklahoma Breakdown

I know what you're thinking, "What a pitiful sight!" But this, my firneds, is a picture of God's goodness an mercy.

When we reached Oklahoma we were quite excited for several reasons.  1. It meant we were halfway home 2. We were going to be having dinner with the Hardings, who we hadn't seen in months! 3.  The first gas station we saw was selling gas at $2.79 a gallon!!!!!!!!  WHOO HOOO
So of course we stopped to get gas.  It was great to be able to FILL UP for $100.  We weren't totally empty...  AFter we got gas, CHad started up the engine and as we pulling out the engine cut off.  Chad started it again, and it cut off.  Instead of gttig back on the highway, Chad decided to try and drive down the road a ways to see what was going on.  We drove about 1/2 mile down and ever  minute or so, the engine would die.  We struggled to get the RV back to the gas station. Chad said, it must be the alternator.  It was a little discouragig, but I knew that an alternator was a quick fix.  We pulled into the gas station and called Good Sam.  They said we'd have to wait till the morning to get a tow.
So we settled in and I threw in our emergency frozen pizzas, and we played board games, and watched Brave!  We were thankful for the generator, but couldn't leave it running all night. 
The next morning the tow truck called and said they were on their way.  Chad asked if they were bringing an additional vehicle for the family.  They said, "No, we can transport one of you, the rest will have to stay".  Stay....Stay where???  At the gas station!!!   Oh, how the kids cried as they watched their daddy drive away with the tow truck...  
Windsor Hills was two hours down the road, so I called Christina Keister and she came to get us.  Praise the Lord, I like gas stations and all but sitting in them for hours with the kids was just not fun.  Jo Harding made arrangements for us to stay in the prophets chamber at WHBC.
Christina swung us by the grocery store and I picked up things to make the kids favorite dinner. 
The missions apartment was great, but we were all missing Chad.  It was Saturday Night, and we had to wait till Monday for repairs.  We went to WHBC, and Chad called a nearby church who picked him up for both services.
Monday morning, the mechanics were stumped as to what was wrong with the RV.  They decided to take the RV for a test drive.  While they drove it, the engine caught on fire!!!!  Yes, I said FIRE!!!  They towed the RV back to the garage.
Our RV has two sets of batteries.  The house-batteries, which are in the back and the engine battery in the front front.  There is a cable that connects the two and runs just under the floor of our RV.  The positive battery cable was shorting out against the body.  It melted the surrounding wires and the fuse box!  The entire RV could have caught on fire...but God was merciful and stranded us at a gas station instead!  He let the mechanics deal with the fire instead of our family.
As I sit here writing this from the comfort of my home (we're in MD), I am overwhelmed with God's goodness and mercy to us.  This little inconvienance saved our lives!