That’s the
brakes. Lucky had told us she had the
oil changed on the car and the brakes done in Jan. just before we got here because she had been
using it. The oil is still clear and
bright but the brakes were a different story.
The hills around here, especially between Ataco and Ahuachapan are
really steep and the roads are very curvy.
With the tall mountains surrounding the roads it always makes me think
of driving in the Smokies. The front of
the car had gotten to vibrating pretty badly when I had to use the brakes and I
knew that meant the rotors were getting rough.
Friday on the way back from San Salvador Carlos had pointed out the
garage in Ahuachapan that is owned by a Brother. So this morning I got up and headed out. Charlotte stayed home to work on some of the
200 things she always has to do. As I
neared Ahuachapan I passed a large garage so I pulled in and asked them how
much they would charge me for the job.
They said $90 and I told them I would be back in an hour if I could not
find a better offer. When I got to the
other garage, the brother was not there but the two young men who were working
seemed very knowledgeable and the lady took my car info and called about the
price of the parts and said the total would be $60 and they could have it ready
in two hours. As I left to walk around
town they were already starting on it.
When I got back at 10:30 they were not quite done but that was good
because the wheels were off and I could see that the rotors looked great from
being turned and that they were putting in new shoes. They also rotated the tires for me at no
additional charge and thoroughly tested the brakes when they had finished. The brother never arrived but I was very
pleased with the work and the brakes seem great now. When I got home we had lunch and then worked
around the house and even rested some.
Then we went over to the Bible study group at Zoila’s. A family came who had not been coming and we
met in a different room for the first time with an overhead light for the first
time. Carlos taught on Hosea &
Elijah and it was great as always.
Afterwards there was sweet bread and coffee but we didn’t eat much
because we were planning on dinner as soon as we got home.
We did find out that Rosamiriam’s grand baby got moved to a room and was out of danger but the Drs. wanted to keep him a few more days for observation. We always park the car out on the main road and walk down to Zoila’s house because the street near her house is too narrow to park on in the dark. As we walked back out onto the main road a vehicle was letting someone off. We did not pay much attention to it until the driver turned around and pulled directly in front of our car and very close to it. I got Charlotte in on the passenger side but I had to go around before I could get in and I knew if they wanted to do anything there was no way of escape. So I had my flashlight that we always use to walk from the study back to the car and I shined it on the vehicle. Turned out it was Bro. Ricardo and his wife Joli. They were laughing because they knew they had startled us. We all got out and laughed and visited for about 10 minutes. They are good friends with Lucky and because she is arriving 4 hrs before Caleb on June 1 and our car is small they had agreed to pick her up and let her spend the day with them, then bring her over and have dinner that night. So they asked what time she was arriving at the airport here and I told them 3 am to get even with them for scaring us. Actually the time is 7:20 am. Anyway, God has taken good care of us and all is great. So wonderful to have spiritual family wherever you go.
We did find out that Rosamiriam’s grand baby got moved to a room and was out of danger but the Drs. wanted to keep him a few more days for observation. We always park the car out on the main road and walk down to Zoila’s house because the street near her house is too narrow to park on in the dark. As we walked back out onto the main road a vehicle was letting someone off. We did not pay much attention to it until the driver turned around and pulled directly in front of our car and very close to it. I got Charlotte in on the passenger side but I had to go around before I could get in and I knew if they wanted to do anything there was no way of escape. So I had my flashlight that we always use to walk from the study back to the car and I shined it on the vehicle. Turned out it was Bro. Ricardo and his wife Joli. They were laughing because they knew they had startled us. We all got out and laughed and visited for about 10 minutes. They are good friends with Lucky and because she is arriving 4 hrs before Caleb on June 1 and our car is small they had agreed to pick her up and let her spend the day with them, then bring her over and have dinner that night. So they asked what time she was arriving at the airport here and I told them 3 am to get even with them for scaring us. Actually the time is 7:20 am. Anyway, God has taken good care of us and all is great. So wonderful to have spiritual family wherever you go.
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