Weekend fun

This weekend I spent some time organizing my apartment, hoping to have some girls over Sunday afternoon. Didn't happen. When I got to the next to last turn on Sunday morning, I noticed that the temperature gauge had begun to rise, and I heard an odd hissing noise. I thought, "this sure can't be good." Those of you who know how much trouble my car has given me this last year will know how discouraging that sound was. I was able to make it to church, and when I stopped the car, I still heard the sound, and honestly, I didn't even want to know what it was that was gonna cost me a lot more money. I finally decided that I'd better at least look, so that I'd know whether or not I'd have to get a ride home after church. When I opened the hood, the radiator hose was doing its Old Faithful imitation. At least since I saw it spewing, I knew exactly what had happened, and what needed to be replaced. After Spanish service, I told Mrs. Jacobson that I didn't know for sure whether or not I was going to have transportation for choir practice, and she told me she'd come get me if she had to, but if someone took me somewhere for the after noon (happens occasionally) to let her know. After the service, Mrs. Santana asked me what I was doing for the afternoon, and I told her that I wasn't sure because I was going to have to find a ride home. They invited me to eat lunch with them, and before we left the church, Mr. Santana asked if I would show him the problem with the car. I showed him, and he said that we could stop at an auto parts store after lunch. We went to Macaroni Grill, which was excellent, as always, and had a good time. As we headed back, we stopped at Western Auto. Not only did Mr. Santana buy the hose, coolant, and a funnel, but he also went by his house to get the tools, and when we got back to church he rolled up his sleeves and changed the hose and put coolant in the car. I'm especially thankful because I wouldn't have known what to do about it myself, and I probably couldn't have gotten it to the mechanic during business hours for a couple more days. It was exciting to see how the Lord takes care of me even when I start to panic and forget that He's in control and he knows what he's doing.

Our volleyball game on Friday went ok. We lost, but we took it to 3 games, and I saw improvements in all my girls. I can live with the loss if we're doing our best.

Tonight is college choir again, and when I get home I'm going to straighten up the apartment and stir up some colored icing. Tomorrow night I'm having some girls over to make and decorate cookies. I've ben testing things for fall fest (we're going to have a cookie decorating activity) and I have some leftover icing and cookie mix that I need to use up. I'm looking forward to it-the first time I've had anyone over for a while. Before my car died last year I had people over a couple of times, but when I got it back towards the end of the year, things were so busy that I didn't really have the time. Hospitality has been something the Lord has been challenging me about, so hopefully this will be a continued thing. We'll see how it goes.