I am Just A Girl from South Dakota, living a life with cerebral palsy.: God will provide. Part 1

"I think sometimes we need to jot down little special things that God does for us because so often all we think about is what God doesn't do for us. Get started now and post one thing in the comments below. It could encourage someone else waiting for the same thing." Joyce Meyer

This quote was on Joyce Meyer's facebook page today. All week I been praying about what I should blog about. I been writing a lot about growing up and the difficulties I had with my cerebral palsy. I felt like the Lord wanted me to share about how I seen His goodness in my life. There are so many God stories I could share about. These are just a couple!

"And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." Philipp 4:19

1. The most recent God story is my car story. With the advise of Dave Ramsey, I been saving up for a car for about the last two years. Dave suggest that if you can, to try to pay in cash. So I would put some money away each month. I was hoping to do this for a couple years, but God had other plans. Last spring my car started to leak some fluids. (Don't ask me what, because I have no idea) But the mechanic on camp kept filling it up, and said it was a very small leak. So one day, I drove to Bend (two hours away) and notice my car was getting hot. To make a long story short, I went the dealership to see what was wrong with it. I told him where I lived and he said I could not drive my car home. It was going to be $1100 to fix. My car was not worth $1100. So after a couple days, I decided to start looking for a car. Because I live an hour away from any town, I thought my best bet was Craigslist. I started looking, but of course I was getting anxious, because that what I do!!

Then one night, I told myself I could not look anymore, because I was not trusting the Lord and trying to do it on my own, which cause my anxiety. (If you don't know I suffer from anxiety)
That night at 11:00 I decided to get on facebook, not looking for a car!!! I thought "I can get on fb b/c there I won't be car searching." I saw that I had a message from my good friend here at camp. She was asking me how much my car budget was. When I told her, she text me back and said her friend in Salem, OR was selling his car. That was great, but I do not ever go to Salem.
After talking to Carol (my friend) and the car owner, I started to pray about. I prayed "Lord if this is the car you want me to have, opens the doors for it to happen." Being my step-dad's daughter, and watching all the Court TV shows ;), I know that before you buy a car you should have it looked. But again the car was 4 hours away. Of course, I worried again, but God provides again! My friend Lisa knew a mechanic in Salem. He agreed to look at the car. After finding a couple issues, the owner agreed to get them fixed and pay for them, while the mechanic waives his fee!!
I decide that this is the car I want to buy, but how will I get it to the ranch. Carol just happened to have friends coming the weekend I buy the car, and agreed to drive it here for me!!!
Now you might be thinking, "Bri, you a crazy. You bought a car without looking at it or test driving it." But I believe Jesus was part of the story the whole time. I did want to test drive it, and God is so good!! My friend Kendell, here at camp, drives the same car!!! She told me that I could take her car for a "Test drive" to see if I would be comfortable in a Ford Escape. So my boss and I drove it out of camp to Antelope and back. And I did great. I been driving my Ford Escape since June and love it!!!!

It getting late, but I will share one more story before bed.

2. When I started to go to see my new pain specialist doctor 2 years ago, he told me that I needed to stop riding my 2 wheel bike and think about a 3 wheel bike. He was just worried that as I get older, I can't be failing off my bike and risk getting hurt. I agreed and started saving my money for a new bike. The Dave Ramsey way!!!! During that time I had a mentor, named Marti. I told her what Dr. Paulson had said. She said that her son lives in Bend and works at a bike shop. She would have him start looking. That was in the fall of last year. So through the fall and winter I start saving $50 a month for my bike fund. Marti, who is also in my bible study, told the ladies in my bible study that we needed to start praying for a bike for Bri.
Here at the camp we have worship (church) every other Wednesday night. So one Wednesday in March, the speaker asked me to come up front. I have know idea why, and tell him "No! I hate getting up in front of people!" I think I even asked "why?" Of course he would not tell me and made me come to the front! The community at camp all went in together and bought me a three wheel bike. Marti came out of the closet riding the bike!!! During that same time I was also due to get new leg braces b/c of all the weight I lost. They raised $300+ extra to help pay for my braces, which out of pocket was almost the exact amount the braces were!!!! I was also working on paying of my credit card bill, so the money that I saved up for bike, I put towards my credit card.