Back in February I went to the Ford dealership in Bend to get an oil change. They guys at Ford told me I should start thinking of getting new tires. When I got home I asked my friend, Kory, if I needed them sooner then later. To get to Washington Family Ranch, we have to drive on 18 miles of grave road. So having good tires is essential!! Kory told me I could probably wait to the end of summer, but defiantly before winter I need new ones. At the same time someone came to me and gave me $300, saying that they wanted to bless me with helping me get new tires.
Living on such a long gravel road, a lot of people end up getting flat tires. I always wondered what would happen if I got a flat tire. There is no cell phone coverage on our gravel road. There is a emergency phone, but unless I get a flat tire right next to it, I don't think I could walk very far to get to it!! Also with my disability, even if I knew how to change a tire, I don't think I could possibly do it. I'm the nine years that I have lived out at WFR, I have had only one flat tire!! God protected me in that I didn't even notice it going flat till I got to the camp office. I got out of my car and just happen to look at my tire and saw it going flat. Kory was at the office, and was able to go fix it, and someone gave me a ride to my house.
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| down by the river!!! |
A couple weeks ago I went to Kory house to do some tire talk. Knowing nothing about tires, Kory helped me look up some tires, and gave me great advice on what to look for in a tire. I also asked the mechanic's (at camp) wife were he buys his tires from. She told me that he buys them from Tire Factory. I thought to look at Tirefactory.com for tires. I found a couple tires that looked good for gravel road, so I emailed them for a quote. When they emailed me back, I asked them which would be the better tire for a 18 mile gravel road. About five minute later my phone rang, it was Tony from Tire Factory. He told me that he had these tires called Nokian Rotiva, which weren't on the website. He said that he has these tires and loves them. He also said that he been looking for someone to test out the tire on a gravel road. So when he saw that lived on 18 miles of gravel, he had to call me. He told me if I was willing to try them out he would give me a discount, and give me all four tires for $500. All I had to do was email him every now and then and tell him how they were doing.
The closes town to the camp is Madras, which is 50 miles one way. It seems I am driving to town more then others out here, for a physical therapy or doctor appointment. So I put a lot of miles on my car!!! Yesterday I went to town for a PT appointment and my tires!! I thought I would pay the $500 plus labor. About the hour later, my tires were on and I ended up paying $500 even.
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This is a couple years ago. But a lot of our road looks likes this!!
Lots and lots of gravel
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"And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others." 2 Corinthians 9:8
I have seen God provide in many ways out here at camp. One more way God has provide out here is by water. We have reservoir that helps supply our water needs. Now that we have two camps, one being a water park, we need water! A lot of people don't know this, but a lot of Oregon is desert. That being said, we are in constant need of water, not only for the camp but also for the irrigation of the land.
The past 2 years we experience a big drought. I am not a big fan of snow, but I think I have learned the important of snow living in the desert. If we don't get enough snow in the winter, our reservoir does not fill up. That is what happen the past two years. Some people that lived here for almost 20 years, said it was the lowest it ever been.
But this year God provided in big ways. We had some great snow fall during Christmas, and it didn't melt fast, so it was able to run into the reservoir. And I was in MN with my family, so I didn't have to deal with it!!! It is fun to see creaks running down the hills, the rivers high again. And the reservoir spilling over!!!!
"I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crop, and the trees of the felid will produce their fruit." Levitus 26:4
I am always so amazed how Gods provide for me!! Even sometime shocked, but He keeps being faithful!!!!
The past 2 years we experience a big drought. I am not a big fan of snow, but I think I have learned the important of snow living in the desert. If we don't get enough snow in the winter, our reservoir does not fill up. That is what happen the past two years. Some people that lived here for almost 20 years, said it was the lowest it ever been.
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| 2014, all those weeds should be under water!!! |
But this year God provided in big ways. We had some great snow fall during Christmas, and it didn't melt fast, so it was able to run into the reservoir. And I was in MN with my family, so I didn't have to deal with it!!! It is fun to see creaks running down the hills, the rivers high again. And the reservoir spilling over!!!!
"I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crop, and the trees of the felid will produce their fruit." Levitus 26:4
I am always so amazed how Gods provide for me!! Even sometime shocked, but He keeps being faithful!!!!
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