The rest of the story...

As further proof of the sovereignty of God, I wanted to tell you all the rest of the car story. You can find the beginning here if you missed it. The day after I posted, Joel took the car to a garage that could fit us in. He didn't have a lot of time to call lots of places because it was rather last minute. The guy did the inspection and said that we needed four new tires and we had a cracked rear arm control. We also had to get the broken lug nut fixed. In total, it was going to cost around $850. Of course, we only had $500. Joel had him fix the lug nut and he changed the oil and gave us our emissions sticker, and he had to take the car home without the inspection. He called his mechanic friend who was willing to look at the problem but wouldn't have time until the weekend. To do that, we would have had to drive an hour and a half to the south into another state. We weren't sure what to do and just were praying a lot and trying to have faith. We discussed a credit card, but we don't really believe in using them and taking out the debt, and besides, it would have been next month that we wouldn't have been able to pay instead of this month. Joel prayed one night, saying "God, we know you started this and are going to finish it." That really helped us to have faith and to trust and remind us that God knew the problem before we did and knew how he was going to solve it. Joel remembered the place that he took the Kia last year and that he really liked the mechanic and thought he was an honest guy so he called him. The mechanic was able to look at the car this morning, and he said that it only needed two new tires, the others are alright, and the crack is very tiny and nothing to be concerned about yet. He said since our car has very low mileage and it isn't making any noise, it is not a problem. He charged us $174 for everything. How awesome is that! I was telling my mom today, and she said "Oh, so you can get your bridesmaid's dress." I had forgotten all about that! We have about $125 left, and when we received the check, I said that we could get the car fixed and I would be able to buy my bridesmaid's dress for a wedding I am in next May. God didn't forget! He knew just how much money we would need for all of these things. How awesome is He?!