We needed $2,875.00 to ship and pay the customs fee for our car.  Stacy and I prayed and prayed for the longest time and never wavered in our faith that the Lord in HIS time would provide for our transportation need in Honduras.

It was a 6-hour bus ride to pick up our car in San Pedro Sula, Cortes. Tears of joy rolled down my eyes, as we passed through the Lake of Yojoa. For a year and four months we had been praying to be able to ship our car and now we were on our way to receive it. As Stacy rested comfortably on the seats next to my row, I kept thinking on God’s providence. 

Oto Martinez, our customs agent, drove our car to the bus station to meet us. He processed all the paperwork to get our car introduced and now all we had to do was to drive it back and get it registered. We spent the night in Villanueva, Cortes and visited Pastor Ayestas. The following morning we left to Tegucigalpa at 4AM, with less than half a tank and 60 Lempiras ($3) in our pockets. We knew that our 4 hour drive back in an automatic car through a crazy mountainous highway would not cut it. We were really concerned about making it.  So we prayed that God would provide us with the “multiplication miracle of John 6:1-14” in our gas efficiency. Four hours later we were entering Tegucigalpa and we had just experienced another miracle! We drove all the way to our house from San Pedro Sula and still had gas on our tank. Praise God!

Upon arrival we thoroughly inspected our automobile. The head lights no longer worked, the radio fuse was burnt, the driver’s side door was dented (in customs), the stereo amplifier was stolen (in customs), the reverse light didn’t work any longer, within a week we got hit at the local mall parking lot and to top it off, at a gas station they filled our tank with gas and water. You would think that we would be angry, mad, frustrated, wanting to sue everyone, but we weren’t. We were thankful. Someone even said to me, “Enrique that is a sign that, that car is not meant for you guys…” and I said, “Not really, Satan is just extremely irritated that his servants now have a car.”  

We would like to thank: Dr. Hector Newman, sister Judy Margetts and Rev. Dr. David Kilpatrick who contributed towards the $2,875.00. From the bottom of our hearts we say: Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!!

Thank you Lord for your way is better.