BROKEN HOME!

April 12-18,2018

Life is such an exciting and interesting journey when you know, that you know. that you know, that all things work together for good! Wow! OK, I am going to try to catch you up. I am in Maryland, and I arrived Monday night in a rental car. I am staying with a friends, same one I stayed with after my operation. It is a blessing for her, as her husband is in the hospital and she likes the company. It is a blessing for him, so he doesn't have to worry about her, so God is glorified and it surely is a blessing for me, and all is well.

OK, here's the deal so far.

Thursday, April 12^th: When I last blogged I was on my way to the RV repair shop to beat the rain. I did, and arrived 5 minutes before it closed and they were able to assess it enough to know that it had to be put inside before it stormed the next day. They allowed me to stay in their parking lot for the night and the plan was for them to duct tape and plastic it up, so I could drive it in the rain and take it to Murfreesboro, TN, near Nashville, (2 hours away) so I could see my best friend's daughter and granddaughter & family, then drive it back after the weekend. They said they couldn't get to it to do the repairs until the insurance adjuster came, and they weren't sure when that would be.

OK, meanwhile, I decided to rent a car and drive the rental car to Nashville and on to Maryland and wait there for them to repair the RV, then drive back to Tennessee after it was repaired. Good idea, except that the closest Enterprize rental car place was in Murfreesboro.

God is so good, Gail came to pick me up, I stayed the night with her, we had a Vegan dinner and a nice visit. I planned to see her daughter and family the next day, but something came up and we decided to plan it, when I came back to pick up the RV.

The next morning I was picked up at her house by Enterprize Rental Car, Co. in the car I was going to drive, a Toyota Corolla) so I could load my stuff right from Gail's car to the rental car. went to the office and signed the papers that were,already arranged and paid by the insurance Co., and I was on my way, still ahead of the storm. It was a serious storm, with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds and thunder & lightening. I was able to stay ahead of it until I got to Petersburg, VA and it passed by in the night, after I was tucked into the Motel and I hardly even heard it. God is so GOOD!

The whole drive was great, I enjoyed figuring out the car. IT HAD RADAR! It wouldn't let me get to close to the car ahead of me, it would slow itself down and show me when I was too close to the yellow line. Etc... Cool stuff! Spring is wonderful! The trees were beginning to bloom, and everything is so green, great mountains and valleys in the land where Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone and my Great Great Grandfather(William Larkins) hung out.

William Larkins was a circuit riding Preacher in these parts, near the West V irginia, Tennessee, Virginia border. He left there and traveled to Somerset, PA, got married, kept traveling West to Ohio, Indiana and Iowa. By that time he had 20 children and left Iowa with 19 of them and their families and 20 covered wagons (leaving the oldest son and his family in Iowa). They nearly starved to death and ended up with only three wagons after eating the oxen that were pulling the other wagons. They arrived in 1858 (before Oregon was even a territory) and received one of the first 600 acre Land Grants in Molalla, Oregon/ That is where my Mom was born and that story is for the next book.

I stayed the first night in Wythville, VA.(near the Tennessee border). I had a good night's sleep and left about noon, drove down into North Carolina and back to Virginia,(the shortest route),.

April 15,2018

Stopped for the night, in Petersburg, VA. at a Motel, after a 7 hour drive from Wytheville, Virginia . It was a good trip, I listened to the streaming live and some youtube messages of my church (www.fthcm.org) always life changing.

Monday,April 16, 2018

I drove to Fredricksburg, VA. And had lunch with long time friends at their beautiful house on Lake Anna. They live in Florida now but came back to put the lake house on the market. I wanted to see them before they went back to Fla. (Want to buy a house on the lake, beautiful view, in a gated community, with all the amenities, boat dock and all?)

After lunch, I drove on to Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Even though I am at home in my Motor Home anywhere I am, this area still feels like home and my husband's family and my Church is my home base, here in Maryland.

Tuesday, April 17^th

I took my friend to see her husband in the hospital, went to sign my taxes so they could be sent in, and then we went to Bible Study. It surprised a lot of the Church Members because they didn't think I would be back this early. It was wonderful to get so many hugs and love.

Wednesday, April 18^th

Today I stayed in and checked my mail that I received from my adopted family, who's address I use. Just so you know how it works, All of my mail comes to their house here is Maryland, and they open it, throw out the junk (Praise the Lord), take pictures of the important mail and send it to me by text. I then handle it on line or by phone. It works great and they have not had to re-mail anything to me yet!

I got a call from my insurance guy, THEY ARE TOTALLING MY MOTOR HOME!!!!I don't know the amount they are settling for yet, but these are my options:

1. Take the money they offer which will be $16,500 or less, and try to find another RV.
2. Keep the RV, get someone to repair it (my go-to-RV-guy, said he could fix it) and take a lesser amount.

Please pray for me as I wait to see how things play out. I am anticipating a wonderful outcome, perfect for me and what God has planned for me.