The van didn't eat my money.....the rodents did!

So, we've been having van troubles. It all started on Saturday morning, or at least to our knowledge.

We had an oil change Thursday evening and then parked the van, not starting it until Saturday morning. We had the van all packed up for the day in the Steinbach area and a number of people to see. We set out.

Within the first block, I realized the speedometer wasn't working! Strange. Something didn't feel right with how it was driving either. We turned around and went home.

We then thought that we'd just go the speed that the rest of traffic was doing and make it out to Steinbach without a working speedometer, if that was our only problem. The guy we take our van to lives out there anyways so maybe he could take a look at it. So, we set out for round #2.

Within the first block, the RPMs were up at 3000 and not coming down! The speedometer still wasn't working and then the engine light came on! Oh boy! We're not going anywhere! So, we turned around again.

By Sunday morning the van wouldn't even start! What is going on?

By Monday at lunch, we were waving good-bye to our lovely van that has been running like a dream for the last 13 months, now to suddenly be dead, as the tow truck wheeled her away.

By Monday evening, we had been told that the battery needed to be replaced, as the rod was totally loose on our old one, and now it was absolutely dead. The doors didn't even want to lock or unlock. Alright. And, the service engine soon light wouldn't go off. The computer needed to be scanned. So be it.

By Tuesday late afternoon, we had been told it was definitely a wiring issue. The van wouldn't even shift into gears for the garage guy. All kinds of problems were coming up on the scan.

So, we get a call this morning (Wednesday now), saying that the van repairs are finished and we can pick up our beauty.

We trudge through the snow and meet the mechanic for the first time. Nice guy!

Well, lo and behold, it wasn't Mr.Lube's faulty oil change that caused us grief. It wasn't even something that we did.

It was some tiny little rodents trying to find a warm place and a bite to eat! They managed to get into a small place up inside our van and chew away at the wire cables. They ate right through the coating around the wires and exposed all of them in that certain cable, causing about 5 codes of problems to come up in the computer scan!

The electrician had rarely seen such a thing so he took a picture and has been talking with mechanics on the web about the situation with our van! We got to see the picture and were shocked to hear the culprit of all our van issues in the last few days was a rodent! Our van wasn't in bad shape. A mouse or a squirrel just had a meal and disrupted our peace in the process!

So, our van is back to running beautifully again! And our wire cables are coated in Pinesol to hopefully ward off any other hungry animals!

At least we had comic relief for an expensive van repair! All because of a hungry rodent!

A lovely trip to the U S of A!

I'm back in Canada as of last evening from a great little trip to KC. I'm so glad that I went.

Other than the obvious enjoyable things (like friends, good food, Bath and Body Works, the temperature/fall), I had many kisses from the Lord this weekend. That makes anything and everything worth it! I spent most of those moments bawling my face off. It was so good!

Here's some pics of the trip to enjoy!

Weekend Away with the Girls!

Tonight...in the next 5 hours....I'm off to Kansas City with some lovely ladies, Christina, Steph and Camillia, for the weekend. I'm glad I said yes to the invite as I'm getting really excited to go!

Funny random point is that I haven't made a KC trip in a car in a very long time! I'm spoiled with the reclining seats and space in a van! So, this could be a little squishier than I'm used to but at least we all like each other!

I am looking forward to sitting in the prayer room, getting some revelation and prophetic guidance from the Lord, being with some lovely girlfriends for the weekend, enjoying the great Canadian dollar, eating at my favorite American restaurants, seeing some IHOP buddies and such! There are lots of highlights most of the time!

I hope for some kisses from the Lord. I hope for a good time in the prophecy rooms. I hope for a great healing praise report after some time in the healing rooms.

Come and meet with me Jesus!

onething weekend!

Last weekend was the onething conference. It was a great weekend! Almost 800 people walked through the doors of the conference at some point in the weekend. The worship was awesome, the speaking was great and the connection felt between the onethingers and Sanctuary was a blessing and encouragement to our hearts!

We enjoyed hosting new friends in our homes, being chauffeurs, taking people out to eat, and such. It was an enjoyable time of serving both the onething team and the city of Winnipeg on a bigger scale. It was lots of fun so it didn't feel like too much work!

My highlight of the weekend was Sunday. The onething team joining Sanctuary at our little House of Prayer for a few hours together, doing what we do. We sang together, prayed together and encouraged one another through prophecy. It was just what Sanctuary needed! So encouraging!

All in all a great weekend!

Here's some pics to enjoy!