It Was Actually Comical

There she goes!  

Above is the picture I took of our van...rite after the transmission went out between Kadoka and Wall, SD.  If your not familiar with those areas, just think of somewhere far away from everything and that is a pretty good description.  If you will remember, our van broke down last summer on our family vacation as well, leaving us stranded in California for 5 days...this year however the tranny went out. Long story short, when the van broke downm, we all chuckled and laughed.  Unreal we thought. We ended up staying at a camp I used to work at in the Black Hills, called Outlaw Ranch for 5 days as we waited for the transmisssion to get fixed.  We were blown away by the kindness of so many people, whether it was the nice tow truck driver, a friend who connected us with a mechanic and covered our hotel cost, to Sarah's folks who came all the way out to spend a few extra days with us and help out.  After 5 days, our transmission was fixed and we headed back home to Oregon, arriving safely last night!  What a trip to remember! Thank you all for your prayers during this time.  My advice...if we veer invite you to go on a vacation with us...plan on a vehicle breaking down in the middle of nowhere!

If there ever were a "step" that you needed to do to get to heaven...it would be going to Wall Drug, SD.  Since our van broke
down we had no choice but to go there and take pictures like the one above!