Yesterday we said goodbye to the minivan which served us well the past four years.
This little Honda Odyssey was given to us by a sweet and gracious family who had served for a time in Haiti themselves. Such a generous gift at a time when we had no idea how we would be getting around during another summer in the States.
More recently she served as Samuel's main transportation until some transmission and brake issues sidelined her permanently.
She had 225,000 miles on her.
A few weeks ago, a man knocked at our door. He must have noticed the van had not moved in a while. He offered me $250 for her.
I was tempted. But then he said why he wanted the van: he planned to get her running enough to enter in a demolition derby.
Call me sentimental, but I could not bear the thought of someone intentionally crashing this van for sport and so I turned him away.
Instead she's off to the junkyard where hopefully her battery and tires and other parts will get put to good use elsewhere.
We would be ungrateful not to pause in this moment to recognize again how blessed we have been. We are thankful to the God who provides and for the faithful hands through which He has done so time and again, like those of the Mokma family.
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