Car Initiation

I can hardly believe I've been in Haiti for over a month!! Since I've been here, I feel like I have been sufficiently initiated into Haitian car troubles. I've been driving a 1989 Izusu Trooper complete with Tweety Bird decals on the rear window :). Within the first couple weeks I was here, the car began acting like it was going to stall on me, especially when I was driving up hills. My first thought was that it needed new spark plugs. Well it quickly worsened from acting like it was going to stall to actually stalling on me all the time! I was leaving the orphanage one day and as I was attempting to turn on the main road, I had to drive over a pretty big "curb". The car stalled on me and absolutely would not stay running long enough to get me over that curb. Thankfully I got stranded on the road from the orphanage and was able to get in touch with the male worker. What a comforting sight it was to see him along with 12 boys marching down the road to come to my rescue! God was so faithful in having me get stranded nearby the orphanage and made a provision for me to get home safely in the car. As a side note, it was indeed the spark plugs that needed changed! I felt pretty proud of myself for correctly diagnosing the problem :). Since that incident, I have had two flat tires and a tire that actually came off the car. Again, God allowed each of these incidences to happen while someone was with me who was able to change a tire, or on the road to the orphanage. I'm so thankful that He truly is my protector and provider!