{"id":451,"date":"2006-07-20T09:27:53","date_gmt":"2006-07-20T15:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/temporarily-a-two-van-family.html"},"modified":"2007-02-11T08:10:23","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T14:10:23","slug":"temporarily-a-two-van-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/temporarily-a-two-van-family.html","title":{"rendered":"Temporarily a two-van family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we brought home our new\/used van. It still needs a little work done on it, but it&#8217;s ok to drive for now. Many thanks to the people at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/maps?hl=en&#038;lr=&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;q=renfrew+auto&#038;near=Calgary,+AB,+Canada&#038;radius=0.0&#038;latlng=51039877,-114080796,3838876959372937040&#038;sa=X&#038;oi=local&#038;ct=result&#038;cd=1\">Renfrew Auto Service<\/a> for all their hard work getting the van Mexico-ready!<\/p>\n<p>So we still have the old van. We&#8217;d like to sell it, but we&#8217;re trying to coordinate it all with the acquisition of a trailer, which we also need. We really don&#8217;t have enough money even for a used trailer, but we&#8217;re hoping that between the money we have and the old van we&#8217;ll be able to get something. We&#8217;ll see! Meanwhile the tricky thing is just finding the time to look into these things. Thanks to all those who have been praying about the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Shari, Hannah and Nathanael are just going out to give the new van a cleaning, and to put the car seats in. We praise the Lord for the amazing provision of this van, which Lord willing will see many kms of service in the years ahead. 54 hours to our new home in Mexico, and then the real challenges begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we brought home our new\/used van. It still needs a little work done on it, but it&#8217;s ok to drive for now. 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