It's all about the journey

What are we learning about this week? Trusting God!
Last weekend we attended a conference that had less people than we had hoped and we sold less than we had hoped. On the way home, the RV broke down on the side of the road about thirty minutes from home.
If we had made a bunch of money, then we would have called a tow truck, but since we didn't have any money to pay for one, we didn't call. We called on God instead. Quietly and patiently we talked about what we thought might be wrong with it, and we prayed.
As it began to get dark, we decided that we would try to reach our midwife (she had borrowed our minivan while we were away) to see about getting a ride home. We couldn't get through to her phone. So, Don called his friend Marty, who offered to call his dad and get us a ride (it would take both of them to haul all 8 of us).
Within an hour, Marty (who couldn't get through to his dad) had called a friend, who called another friend, who called another friend and soon there was a crowd around our RV. One guy showed up with a big truck and pulled us off the highway, and two other guys climbed into the engine area and began to work.
They were determined not to abandon us. It took a couple of hours, but with a wire coat hanger and a butter knife they managed to figure out the problem, rig up a temporary fix and get us home safely.
There is work to be done and parts that have to be replaced, but the RV is in our driveway and will be ready to go before our next big trip.
What are we teaching our children this week? When things don't go the way we planned them, we go to God first; not to our own earned dollars, not to the AAA service department, not to the Visa card, but to God.

The author; Corinne Johnson, is a Christian homeschooling mother of six, help meet to her husband, and author of Vacation Education Books; travel guides for families who love to learn, unit studies for families who love to travel.