We prayed about what to do that morning, asking God if Eva should go into work at all because she felt she'd be needed to help with the furnace crisis. God said she should go. Then she asked if God wanted her to go in early (she thought, so she can get out early and beat a forecasted snow storm on the way). The answer was yes, she should go in early.

I got the motor home ready to drive into town, to see if I could get the furnace fixed. I was only comfortable going to either Rick's Service Center in Corydon or Customer First RV in another nearby city (because I'd been to both of these places). Understand, I'm directionally challenged which means I don't drive intuitively, like some, but with trepidation and a fear of becoming lost. This is not unfounded because I do get lost, often. I prefer to avoid confronting this aspect of my life. I do not deliberately put myself at risk of the agonizing situation of being completely lost, defeated by the complexity of the highway system on this planet (especially when I'm driving a 35 foot motor home). I prayed and asked God if I should go to Customer First RV. The toss of the coin revealed a No. To me, that meant I should go to Rick's Service Center (MY only other choice).

I drove there and parked. Rick said, "Sorry, Victor, but the man who works on RVs is on vacation for two weeks." Oops. I called Customer First RV to see if they could help this desperate man (even though God said No). They could not because they just didn't have enough help, but the man told me to call a large RV dealer in the city. He said it's only 14 miles from them. He also said they told him they didn't have enough work. I dreaded making that call because, though I've been there many times, the place is so darned hard for me to find.

When I called, initially he couldn't help me, but when I told him we lived in the motor home, he reorganized his priorities and invited me to come in. His directions were fabulous and, as I drove, I got a sense that I could actually get there in that 35 foot rig.

When I arrived successfully, the dealer was able to put two men on my problem and before long, a new motor was ordered for my furnace and installed. I was there only a few hours. But, with the storm moving in, I needed Eva's help to get Kristina from school as she was going to be let out at noon. Because Eva went in early, she was able to take off, get Kristina, bring her to the RV dealership I'd driven to, and get back to work to finish the day with a full 8 hours.

With the furnace working fine, because of its new motor, Eva came to the dealership after work to lead me home in the blizzard. We crept home as the sun set and the snow storm raged. I was able to follow her car through the maze of streets, not needing to worry about my lack of a sense of directions.

Once we got back to Corydon, we only had about 10 miles to go to our pad. We stopped and ate, then got some important supplies at Walmart. I was ready to be home, but Eva didn't think the motor home would be able to travel across the yard to the pad. She was certain I would get stuck because it was such a slushy, wet snow. She wanted to remain in the Walmart lot for the night. Crossing the field on the big front yard was the only way we could park in the space correctly, so we could hook back up to our utilities. I felt it would be okay to do this if I just swung the motor home around, I'd have a one shot chance to come in for a landing, so to speak. I didn't think I'd make it if I had to back up on that slushy yard.

Eva was adamant that we shouldn't try this. I asked her if we could ask God and she nodded, bowing her head. We prayed there in the parking lot, casting the lots before Him, as I flipped the coin. God said it would be okay to park at home. Eva agreed, but said, "Maybe God wants you to meet the driver of the tow truck, who would come out to help move the motor home when it got stuck…and help him find Jesus." As we were driving home, though, she called on the cell to apologize, after having prayed, and wanted me to know she did not wish to try to manipulate me, when I had gone to God for His answer. I, meanwhile, found myself concerned about what was about to happen and prayed all the way home that this would all be to the glory of God and that through Christ, all things are possible. I felt reassured.

She was waiting in the driveway when I pulled the motor home onto the snow covered grass and began maneuvering it around to my parking space. Suddenly, I felt the motor home begin to be stuck, as it slowed down. I found myself praying, "No, Lord" then, instantly, I felt a definite shove on the back of the motor home, giving me just the needed boost to allow me to swing into my space. Eva, in her car, saw the motor home falter and prayed "Please, God, he's put so much faith in believing that you do answer Him, in this method of seeking Your immediate will!" She watched in amazement as something seemed to shove the RV right into place. God truly answered our prayers and came through, giving us another story to tell regarding trusting God and doing what He says, as we utilized the prayerful flipping of the coin before Him.

Nature of God: In the morning, God told Eva to go to work early. Eva thought it was so she could come home early. God said, Yes, go to work early, but I will need to use you during the day to pick up Kristina from school. God's ways are not our ways. When I asked God about where I should go, I could not climb out of my box of restrictions. In my mind, it had to be either Rick's or Customer First RV. God, through the encouragement of the man at Customer First RV, was able to move me confidently out of my restrictive mentality, so that I could go where I needed to go to get the problem fixed. God can move us out of our restrictive beliefs in appearances and self-judgment, when we rely on Him.

Later, when Eva and I were driving our vehicles home, God worked our hearts over. He made me more aware that I must pray, knowing God was going to get us successfully into our space and that God would get the glory, not Victor. God worked Eva's heart to help her relinquish her fear and have more faith that God would work this out and to not try and sway her husband from trusting God. In the end, with angels surrounding us and giving us a necessary shove, we were parked and hooked up to our life's essentials.

But, the only REAL life essential is God (and our trust in Him).

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