It's pouring

Although we Zambia is now in the dry season, the phrase, "when it rains, it pours" seems to apply to our vehicle situation. I wish I could blame someone else or even believe this is just part of life - but when things happen with such order, it does make me wonder a bit.

Red vehicle - by far the nicest vehicle we have. Last week, came home from preaching a church service and could not get the radiator blower to stop, then the horn started blowing (by itself), then the lights came on (by itself). Hmmmm... we found out later - rats had eaten through some of the wires.
Blue vehicle - a nice reliable vehicle. Since the red truck was down, figured I could use this vehicle to get some things done. Ha! I ventured into town and before we moved very far - realized me clutch peddle was not coming back up! You guessed - bye, bye - clutch!
White vehicle - on the way to tow the blue vehicle - I switched vehicles to finish running my errands. Everything seemed great until we came out of the grocery store. We spent 45 minutes trying to get the vehicle started - by then, the sun had gone down and it was now pitch black! Turns out - whatever we did to get the vehicle running caused all the electronics to fail. So - now I was forced to drive the 20 miles home in the pitch black --- and of course, we were pulled over by the police... oh, um - yea, it was actually the in-charge for the whole district. He was not impressed - but did give us an escort back to the mission.

I am planning on going out today - although I am now wondering what excitement will venture upon us!! Thanks for praying - in all things, give thanks!!