Through our struggles God is there!

Yesterday was July 19th and is started out a beutiful July day in Alabama. The humidity was somthing that we all had to get used to but the fact that we were on our way to New Orleans made up for it. On our way the devil decided that he needed to interven and make our van start to over heat. Pastor Dixon had to pull over to the side of the road and turn off the car which meant that there was no air conditioning. Nine people in one van without air conditioning is not a beutiful thing. While all of us kids were sitting in that van we decided to call on God to get us through this. After a little while of sitting on the side of the road, Pastor Dixon was able to start up the van and drive it to the nearest exit. When we got off the high way there was a Ford dealership right off that exit. Now who else but God could make it so that our van broke down near the exit where there was a Ford dealership near by. While we were at the Ford dealership Pastor Dixon talked to the people there and told them about what we were prepairing to do. One of the people that worked there actually offered up his house to us to stay over at night. That right there was a blessing but Pastor Dixon ended up getting us a hotel. While we were leaving, countless people told us that they would be praying for us. While your reading this just sit there and contemplate on that. Complete strangers were praying for us. When we got to the hotel God made it so that the lady at the front counter let us fit more people in a room that we were aloud to. Only God can work on peoples heart like that. After today all I can say is that God is there through our struggles!

From tragedy to comedy

The time: 9:22 a.m.
The Location: Tuscalosa Alabama.
The Situtation: Yesterday at some point after noon the church van broke broke down. Now I personally didn't realize the situation until I was in the van joking around. We made the best of a sticky situation and I made tragedy turn into comedy. By joking around I was able to completly forget about how bad the situation was and focus on making the people around me laugh and have a good time. So far I have really enjoyed the company of the people around me.And at this point if I were asked to do this again i definately would.

SHAON M.