new car

today started out as any normal saturday and ended completely un-normal. as previously mentioned in the "miracle of the non-starting rodeo" post, we've been having a bit of trouble in the car department. in fact, ella is now a very firm believer that when you say a pray your car will start. it's just a matter of fact to her, and rightly so...because everytime the car doesn't start, ella folds her arms and tells me to say a prayer. and wouldn't you know it, the car starts every single time. no kidding. so now that we know the true power of prayer, we're moving on.

after a stressful morning of test driving and number crunching, we headed home and took a break. in the late afternoon we spontaneously decided to run over to the honda place and look at their new hybrid, the insight. i really liked it, but the salesman steered us over to a civic. i wasn't very excited because it seemed a bit like a college car and i was ready for something a little more grown up. but after some chatting, he offered us a deal we absolutely could not refuse. and so we will be driving a 2009 honda civic beginning monday.

i don't mean to be sappy/cheesy/etc, but this was one of those situations where everything absolutely fell into place and felt like the very best decision. it's a reminder to me that we are watched over and blessed for the little things that we try to do each day to follow jesus christ. i don't know how it all works up there in heaven, but i know that it does indeed work.