6-28-22 6 AM

THIS IS THE DAY THAT MY FATHER HAS MADE FOR MY JOURNEY ACROSS THE USA TO BEGIN.  I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT!

Words from My Father God:

Good Morning my Child.  I am excited to see my Child so excited and ready for this amazing, productive, adventurous, journey.  You are most excited about the fruit you will produce for my Kingdom.  That thrills me and I am delighted to send you.  Stay on my course, I have designed this from the beginning of the earth and you are fully prepared to launch.  I have everything about you, you will see.  Your trust in me is remarkable to many, and an example.  Your Child-like eagerness is a joy to me.  You have no fear and you know that I have you. 

You have put the adversary in his place, which is not around you or anything that pertains to you.  You are safe in my hands and you know it.  No weapon formed against you will prosper.  Your life is mine, you are my Child, I have you and everything about you.

I did the first video on my blog.

Prayer call was Renee, Sandy and LaVonne, it was encouragement. Awesome.

OK, I don't want to bore you, you I will give you the short version of my first and second day out.  I waited until my go-to-RV-repair guy, AJ and his son finished doing the last preparations for the trip.  I said my good-byes and headed out to Maryland first to get some needed mail from my daughter for the trip.  I got gas for $4.61 and the pump would only give me $100 worth and that gave me about 3/4 of a tank.  

I left there to go south on Rt 301.  I passed the exit for the RV park in Colonial beach, 34 miles later, IT HAPPENED AGAIN!  Two blown out tires on the passanger side rear . Dejavu! 

If you missed the first time, This is my Pre Jouney blog, which sets up this journey.  I will continue the update after the Pre Journey blog.

                            My God RV Journey

from Virginia to Oregon and beyond

 by Lonna (Grandma) Swann

Pre Journey Blog

6/22-22

Well, Hello, Welcome to the Grandma Swann’s second blog adventure with Father God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  I appreciate your willingness to come aboard and enjoy the ride without stress and worry and with total trust in Father God almighty.

As you Witness Father God’s relationship with me, and how he speaks to me, it  may be new to you.  My prayer is that, as you follow my adventures, you will come into a closer relationship with Father God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, knowing Him as a Child knows and trusts their Father who loves them unconditionally.  He loves us that way and wants to fellowship with us as he did when He walked and talked with Adam and Eve in the garden in the cool of the day before they messed up.

His love for us is so amazing! I accepted Jesus in my heart as my personal Lord and Savior when I was 12 and was “Holier than thou” until I went to Christian College and in Religion Class, I found out that God did not personally write the Bible.  I had never been taught about the Holy Spirit and His involvement in helping to get the Holy Bible written, so I had no basis for believing that the Bible was true.  I have always had a desire for truth.  So for 20 years or so, I threw God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit out of my life, and became an Agnostic, accept He wouldn’t go.  I was His Child and He continued to protect me and orchestrated my life as much as He could, based on my will.  

Let me just say here that I have learned that God did not make us like robots, or like animals with instincts that govern our lives. He gave us a will so we could choose Him, willingly and freely.  If you were a Father (and maybe you are) wouldn’t you rather have a Child who loves you because of your love for them and choose to be your Child, rather than force them to love you because you love them?  We were all given a will to choose, Father God’s desire for us, is that we choose Him and His will for our lives.  He has a purpose and plan for our lives, way before we were thought about by our parents. 

 

I reconciled back to Jesus and our relationship was reestablished but I still really had no relationship with Father God or the Holy Spirit.  In 1983 I was awakened to the possibility of a relationship with the Holy Spirit, when my step son, who was out on the street doing drugs and being what he called a “street soldier” received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and His life changed and it seemed like the next day, he was preaching on the street. 

I got very convicted and went up to my bedroom by myself and I said to Father God, “Ok God, if this is of you, I want it.” I quietly waited with expectation and I heard one syllable, (It sounded so dumb) but I said it.  Then I heard anther syllable, (It sounded dumber), but I said it also.  Then what Christians call “tongues” started to flow from my mouth.  They went on for a while, then into several (6-8) different “languages”, they were all unknown languages to me.  When they slowed to a stop.  I said, “Ok, God, what did you say?”.

 He told me, and I wrote it down.  That is how we began to communicate through the Holy Spirit.  Fast forward to now.  I still hear His voice and I have learned how to know His voice from other voices and I now type on the computer rather than write in long hand.  About two years ago, I fell in love with My Father God, I had never been in a relationship with anyone in my life like it.  It was amazing, our relationship became more intimate and personal and life changing for me. Our conversations changed to a more personal relationship, I discovered that He loved me unconditionally, (He loves you the same way).  I have learned by falling in LOVE with Father God, experiencing how much He loves me, even when I didn’t love Him, that I can love myself, and love others also.

 

We were all given a will to choose, Father God’s desire for us, is that we choose Him, and His will for our lives.  He desires that we know Him and the love He has for us so well that we can trust Him in unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable and potentially harmful situations.  He has a purpose and plan for our lives, way before we were thought about by our parents. 

My desire is that each of you reading this blog, of the adventure that is about to take place will consider that Father God loves you so much that He desires that by experiencing my adventures as they happen, you will search your heart.  Ask some questions as I go.  Who do you trust?  Who or what is your source?  Could you trust Him enough to go alone?  Without a husband, dog or companion?

When Jesus sent His Disciples out in Luke 9: 3, they took nothing extra with them, money, shoes or staff.  After they returned, In Luke 22:35, they said they lacked nothing.  Now Father. My Father God is sending this 79 year old widow Woman on a journey across the United States on an adventure with Him, Jesus and the Holy Spirit (and the three in one, are enough).  I have no dog, no physical companion and no plans of my own and limited finances in the natural. He is giving me instructions on a need-to-know basis.  There might be some of you that are not comfortable with that information and are doubting whether that “Crazy Old Lady” who thinks she hears from God personally is “tripping”.  I will be as candid as I know how to be.  Keep coming back to the blog and see.  

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I have been tested for this journey.  You may want to read my 8 Day Saga on the side of the Road in North Carolina.  It may help you understand what is about to happen on this Journey.

The Saga of 8 Days on the side of the road in North Carolina

 

I am sharing this because you may want to know how things go in the "Adventures of Grandma Swann".  I recently traveled from Florida to Virginia/Maryland.  My original purpose was to attend a Memorial service in Maryland on 2/22/22 for a friend of mine. my plan was to leave my Motor home in Virginia with my friend, AJ, who for 6 years, has helped me with most all of my RV repairs.  I didn't get to the memorial service, but this is how it went.  I trusted my Father God, every step of the way but I did not know how it would play out.  

Friday 2/18/22 I left Clermont, Florida in my home, a 2001 Motor Home (RV) towing my Honda CRV car, and traveled 13 and a half hours to South Carolina where I stayed the weekend with Gary and Shay's family .  We had a wonderful visit, we were members of the same church 30 years ago and reconnected in December of 2021. I left on Sunday night, traveling a ways to get beyond traffic and stayed in a roadside rest area (very cold) for the night.

2-21-22 Monday

 

I started out in my Winnebago RV home at 10AM leaving the rest area, near Greensboro, NC.  I stopped to get gas and filled up at Love’s ( gas station), it came to $120.02.

Above Durham,NC,  between Butner,NC and Oxford, NC on highway I 85 near mile marker 195.  I heard a loud POW and the RV started to be hard to control, I immediately knew a tire had blown and I was able to maneuver it to the side of the highway where traffic was whizzing by at 60 MPH.  When I got out to look at the tires, I hit my elbow on the lock lever on the door, not realizing that I had locked myself out of the RV, with just my phone at 28% battery.

Upon inspection had 2 blown out tires on the rear passenger side of the RV, they were shredded.

I had my other keys and was able to get into the car I was towing, and sit and make calls.  I also discovered that I could plug my phone up to the cigarette lighter to charge (although slowly) which I couldn’t do in the RV.  I called Roadside Assistance and they said they would send out a tow truck. 

 I then had to go to the bathroom.  There was nothing around like signs indicating civilization.  This was an emergency!  So I called 911 and told them my situation.  I knew that I could get in through the RV window but I had to put a ladder up (which I had) on the side that traffic was flying by.  The policeman that came was a Christian, he held the ladder and directed traffic while I went up the ladder, head first into the window, legs dangling out, I rolled over on the couch and I WAS IN!  Praise you Father!  I went to the bathroom and the emergency was over, the police officer was so nice and he stayed with me for a while, waiting for the tow truck, then he had to leave, but he came back to check on me and I prayed for him before he left again around 5PM and the tow truck had not come yet.  He told me to call *FP for NC police and *77 for Virginia police if I needed anything. 

  I spent the day trying to get a tow truck, first they thought it was a Van, and the tow truck was not big enough, then it took an hour to get the dispatcher to know where I was, even with the police officer telling her.  Then when they finally sent the tow truck, that was big enough to tow, it was almost dark, and he said that he couldn’t tow it because there were no tires on one side and the spare would only supply one and one wasn’t enough.  He helped me to start the CRV, (the battery was not starting it, and he had to use my cables because he said somebody took his out of his truck).   He unhitched the CRV from the RV for me and gave me the size of the tires and the number for a company that would come and change the tires after hours, then I prayed for him and he left.

OK, now I had an RV that had two flat tires on one side, a phone that was now down to 10%, but charging slowly, and the option for getting the tire changed would cost $300 for just the call for them to come and then plus the cost of two tires, unless they used the spare, and I had a notice from my bank since my last fill up with gas that my balance was low.  I asked the dispatcher I talked to, if she knew Jesus, she said YES, then I asked her if I was her Grandmother, what would she suggest that I do.  She said it would cost too much to have their company come but she would give me the website of a national directory of Tow company's. 

 I thanked her and when I contacted the first company in the area, the person that answered the phone said they were out of business.  I asked her if she knew Jesus and she said yes.  I asked her if I was her Grandmother, what would she suggest I do.  She said that she knew Ronnie White Towing and Tires in Youngsville, NC and he was a Christian also.  I called and asked for Ronnie White, he answered the phone and I told him my situation.  He said that The RV was out of his jurisdiction but he would GIVE ME, 2 tires!   Praise you Father God!  But, I had to get someone to remove the rims from the RV, bring them, 20 miles to Ronnie White’s and he would mount them on the rims and I could get someone to take them back to the RV and get someone to put them on the RV. 

It was getting dark, and I was told by my friend in South Carolina who had contacted my Reverend friend, in Garner, NC that he and his new wife wanted me to come to his house and I could stay the night there after leaving the RV on the side of the road.  I called the police to let them know.

My friend and his wife, were about an hour away and I left and went to their house to stay the night.  It was great to meet his wife, she is so sweet, they fixed me a vegan pizza and we had a great fellowship and I had a private bedroom and my own private bath, they have a beautiful house. 

2-22-22 Tuesday

I worked on finding someone that would actually tow or fix my situation.  I felt led to leave the Williamson’s.  Before I left, a visitor to their house told me that my tire on the CRV was low on the driver’s rear side.  Reverend had an air compressor and put air in it before I left, praise you Father God! 

 

 I was going through Chapel Hill and called to tell my Shaklee up line, Dr. C. that I was in the area and he and his wife invited me to stop by.  He was having lunch and invited me to have lunch too, it was very healthy and wonderful.

 

I left there to go to a gas station where I discovered my bank account was overdrawn by $145 because an amount was taken out automatically. (I didn’t remember).  I couldn’t get gas and it was on E.  I called Andre’ and Leslie, friends of mine that I had stayed with some years ago, to see if I could stay the night.  Leslie told me that Andre’ had passed away in November, I didn’t know, but she said I could come.  I prayed and hoped that I had enough gas in the CRV to get there.  When I arrived it was below E, but I arrived on fumes!   Praise you My Father!  We had a good visit, she had made some black beans, and I had it for dinner.  I had my own room and bathroom, it was wonderful.  She has a beautiful house.

2-23-22 Wednesday

I tried to find someone that would take the rims over to Ronnie Whites.  I called A Roadside Assistance and they said they would find someone that would do it.  I was happy.

Leslie gave me $20 for gas for the CRV and I made it to the gas station 3 miles away.  Gas had gone up to $3.59.  I was able to get there and get gas.  I went to the RV to wait for someone to come,  no one would come, and the Roadside Assistance, said I would have to find someone on my own, and they would reimburse me after I paid them.  Of course, I couldn’t do that.  If anyone sent me money on Zelle, the account would use it first to cover the deficit. 

I called Reverend to update him and he said he was going to Bible Study at FTHCM of Raleigh.

I didn’t have anywhere to go so I decided to go to my Church Family Bible Study too. 

I had just enough gas to get there.  Meanwhile, the Parent Church had heard of my situation, she called, but I didn’t get the call and I tried calling her back, couldn’t reach her.  Gary, my SC friends texted me and said the Parent Church knew all about my situation. 

I arrived late to Church just in time to hear Pastor speak about adversity and how to handle it. 

I saw Sis. Betty, who I knew from the Parent Church and most everybody knew me.  Reverend was there by himself and later I found out that his wife was in Wilson, NC.  Sis. Betty invited me to stay the night with her.  After Bible Study, she took me to Burger King as she had not ever had an Impossible Whopper and bought me an Impossible Whopper too.  We had a nice visit and I had not seen her for about 6 years, she used to be at the Parent Church also.  She showed me a gallon bottle with about 2 inches of Shaklee’s Basic-H that she had for about 40 years, I took her picture with it.

 

 

 

2-24-22 Thursday

Before I left, Sis Shepherd gave me $10 cash for gas.  I got to a Murphy gas station and used my Murphy rewards card and got gas for $3.56 instead of $3.59 which was the regular price.  I had enough to go to Youngsville, it was on to the way to the RV. 

I arrived a Ronnie White’s Towing and met him.  He had a lot of magazines around the shop that were about Jesus.  I told the guy at the desk that I was Grandma Swann and wanted to see Ronnie.    They had heard about me.  He was on the phone and I waited.  When I spoke to him, I thanked him for giving me the tires and updated him on the situation.  He said he didn’t have the manpower to get the rims and bring them to the shop.  He told me that if I could get someone to put on the one spare tire I could drive it to his shop and he would put the tires on.

I called Roadside Assistance back and they called a towing service that would change the tire.  I headed on to the RV.  I called the State Police again to ask them to hold off towing it, and to make sure they knew I was working on getting it moved.  I was told by Ronnie that it would cost thousands of dollars if the police towed it.

I arrived at the RV and it was safe and I heard that the tow truck was coming and I called him to let him know that I was there.  He knew Jesus, initially he said he couldn’t just put on one tire but said that even if he took the rims over to Ronnie’s it would be too late because they close at 6PM and it was 5:30PM.

He said he could come in the morning and do it.

I then remembered, that I knew Paulette and Henry and I thought that they lived in Henderson which was close by.   Eventually I called them, and they welcomed me and they lived in Warrenton, NC, which was close enough to get there with the gas I had.  They were delightful and so sweet to take me in.  They have a beautiful house and I had a room and private bathroom and a charger for my phone!  Praise you Father!

2-25-22 Friday

I called John the JD Roadside Assistance guy, a Christian, that said he would help this morning.  I had to call Roadside Assistance again to get them to dispatch him.  He told me to call him when I arrived at the RV, as he was only about 8 minutes away.  I invited Paulette to go with me, and she agreed. 

We left in the Morning and returned at around 5:30PM, with another adventure.  John was dispatched by Roadside Assistance, but when we arrived at the location where the RV had been, IT WAS GONE!  I called John to tell him, and said to call the police dispatcher to find out where it was.  I did and the police said that Al Sharpton had it.  We couldn’t find a phone number but GPS said it was close so we headed over to meet John there.  We got to the Airport and didn’t find the place.  We did some more research and found a number for Al and called.  He said he didn’t have it, because he didn’t have large enough equipment to tow it.  He had gone out to get it and met an officer and he was supposed to tell the dispatcher that he couldn’t tow it, so they would put him back on the list and he didn’t, and GPS had an old address for his location.  John said that Fred’s Towing would probably be the ones who had it, so we called them and they needed the last 4 digits of the vin number to identify whether they had it or not. 

I got a call from Shay, friends in  SC, about that time, she reminded me that I also had another Roadside Assistance, I had forgotten because it was a part of my RV insurance.  She said they may have the number.  I called them and they had it, and was able to give it to them when I called back, Fred’s said they had the RV and gave me the address of where it was.  We went over and saw it in their storage yard, the only one there.  They had towed it from the rear.

Paulette and I went into their office area and a lady came to the window.  I asked her if she knew Jesus, she said yes but had a very nasty attitude.   I explained who I was and she asked for my Driver’s license and Registration or title.  She wouldn’t allow me to go into the RV to get it.  I asked her, “If I was your Grandmother, what would you recommend I do?”  She said,”If you were my Grandmother, I would cuss you out for leaving your RV on the side of the road so long, it was a hazard.”  I explained to her how I had tried since Monday to get it towed.  She said it had been there long before Monday because she had seen it on the side of the road before then.  I then knew there was no sense reasoning with her, so we left.

Then I remember, Father God had me to take the small safe out of the RV and I had it in the car, and the title was in it.  Praise you Father!

 I had to go to the bathroom and they had a bathroom right next to where we were standing, but it wasn’t a  public bathroom there, so we headed to Lowes nearby so I could use their bathroom.  I called Shay to update her and she said she would be praying.  Her prayers are very effective because when we returned, the Lady was a different person!  She was very kind and helpful.  She copied my title and DL info and wrote down what I should say to the Insurance company to help me get them to pay for the towing.  She said that normally it would cost $990 for the towing but she would only charge me $748 and normally it would be $90 per day for storage but she would only charge me $45.  BUT it had to be in cash and done by 4:30PM (it was 4:20pm on Friday) because they closed for the weekend, they would charge me storage fees because I couldn’t pay then.

I called the Parent Church back and gave the Sis. that information on the answering service because she was not available.  I asked Paulette, who was witnessing first hand, Grandma Swann’s dramatic life, if I could stay the weekend with them, she willingly agreed. 

2-26-22. Saturday

I got caught up on writing the happenings of yesterday.  I heard from Father God and this is what He said:

“Good Morning my love, I know how eager you are to hear from me, to know how you are doing from my perspective.  I love you, and I love how you are handling every obstacle and occurrence along the way. I HAVE YOU, and you know that well.  I have orchestrated everything, and am orchestrating everything.  I love the way you trust me, patiently wait on me and know that I have your best interest at heart.  I appreciate the way you are “going through” and your witness as you go.  I am involving a lot of people that are being impacted by this journey.  You are furthering my Gospel on earth and preparing for the next move I have for the Body of Christ. Continue to REST in me, as you are doing.  I am still working and orchestrating everything in the background.”

I just saw where my Bank account is a minus $195.97.  

Paulette and her husband were very hospitable, I again had a private bedroom and bathroom and they also had a beautiful house.

 

 

 

2-28-22 Monday

I called  Roadside Assistance and they agreed to tow the RV to Ronnie White’s where he said he would give me the 2  tires.

I Changed my cash app to transfer money to my Savings/debit account with the Bank.

I received $100 on Cash App from a Christian friend I had met in Walmart in Florida, she had been periodically checking on me.

 I receiver $125 from the daughter of my best friend for 50 years

The son of my best friend for 50 years sent me $1,000 on cash app.  He texted me to see if I got it.  I looked and was blown away when I saw it.  I texted him back, to thank him:

I prepared to go to the bank and get cash, and go to Fred’s towing.

I prayed for Paulette and Henry, Paulette gave me $40 for dinner.

Went to the RV and they had gotten inside to put it in neutral and tied the steering wheel to the seatbelt.  The total for the RV towing and storage came to $875 cash, (down from $1,170) I got a receipt. 

 

Then they said they couldn’t tow it until tomorrow because it was so late.

That meant I had to get a Hotel for the night.  I went to Red Roof Plus, in Henderson, they wouldn’t give me a room, even though I had cash to pay for the room, because I didn’t have a credit card for the possible extras of $100.  The daughter of my best friend was checking on me and texted me to see what I needed.  I needed her credit card and she ended up paying for the Hotel.  Praise you Father, I am living in the abundance.  Because of her credit card, they only charged me $50 cash for incidentals, which I got back when I checked out.

I got gas for the CRV for $25 at Marathon for 10 cents off of $3.59.

I finally got the Hotel, and I went to a Mexican restaurant to get a carry out veggie fajita.

I got back to the Hotel room, it was very nice, with a handicap shower with a hand held showerhead and a wonderful king size bed, they also have breakfast, I thought, but it was closed because of Covid 19.

 

3-1-22 Tuesday

I Finally found the charger for the phone, and I asked if I could have late check out to charge it, and they said OK until noon.  I got a call from Fred’s who said yesterday, they would tow the RV over to Ronnie White’s to have the tires put on, because Roadside Assistance said they would dispatch them.  Now they said they would not tow it because it was too much weight on the front tires and that I should pick up the rims (which they would take off,) and I should take them over to Ronnie White’s towing to get the tires mounted and bring them back to Fred’s and they would put them on for me. 

 

 

 

I drove the 20 miles and back and I waited a long time until about 5 PM and about 4 or 5 men came out and put on the tires and helped me hook up my tow car and they gave me a stronger bolt for the hitch. 

I left Fred’s and drove to a Love’s in Virginia around exit 14 and stayed the night.  It was nearly dark when I got there and I was hungry and they had a Subway so I decided to go get dinner.  I saw that they had chargers and cord’s that would cost a total of $30.  I went to the cashier and he was helping me to get the right one and he said, “if you just need your phone charged, I can do that while you are eating”.  He took the phone and I went to have dinner.  Praise you Father God!

When I finished, I went back to get the phone, he had just gotten off and had told the next cashier about my phone, so they were charging it also.  I retrieved the phone and headed toward the RV.  I heard someone calling me and the first Cashier, was running to catch up to me with a cord to charge my phone, he said that he didn’t need it.  I was so grateful, what a heart!  I continued walking to the RV and got in the driver’s side and was sitting there for a minute digesting what just happened, and he knocked on the window.  He said, his Uncle had died two months ago and he had a charger that I could have.  It had a 30% charge on it and I was able to finish charging my phone and it lasted until I reached my destination in Calao, VA.  Praise you Father!  He was so kind and the charger was an especially awesome charger, military issue that is very powerful.

 

 I asked Him if he knew Jesus and he said he had been raised in church.  I asked him if I could pray for him and he agreed.  I gave him my card and my personal website, he contacted me from the website and it took 2 weeks for me to get the message but we are in touch and connected, he is awesome with an awesome heart.

I arrived before dark at AJ’s, wonderful RV repair friend who has been helping me for over 6 years with my RV.  He knows everything about a lot of things and repaired my refrigerator in 5 minutes, that had not been fixed since I bought it back in August.  He connected my RV to his electricity and I stayed in his yard and recovered and rested for some days.

 

This whole saga took place over a week and a day.  Since the RV is my home, it was very interesting to have my home on the side of the road that long, having it impounded, having other arrangements for sleeping, food, and gas for the Car which I didn’t have.  Others were such a blessing, and all my needs were supplied.  The only bad thing that happened was that some food went bad that was in the little refrigerator in the RV. 

The whole time, even though I didn’t know how things would work out, I was truly not stressed, anxious, worried or concerned.  I was on an adventure with God and I trust Father God and the benefits that Jesus has given all of us.  He brought me through, as he always does, this 79-year-old Widow is grateful for His provisions, his care, comfort, and peace and joy through it all, and I suffered no lack!  Loving and obeying My Father God and being His Child is so awesome, He loves me so much, and you too. 

We too often don’t acknowledge and trust our Father God, that loves us unconditionally so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, and had to watch Him suffer and die, just to have a relationship with us, again, as he did with Adam and Eve before they messed up.  Then we disrespect Him, don’t obey Him, think He is too strict on us, when all He wants is for us to be His Child.  He just wants us to trust him and He wants the best for us, by trying to keep us from things that are destroying us.

It was fun seeing how he turned what seemed like an impossible situation into abundance.  With all of the provisions He provided, and the wonderful hearts of all of the people who helped me.  I love and trust my Father God completely, He is my source.  I believed I was able to Minister to many people and a lot that I did not know, now know, Grandma Swann, and know that I love and trust Jesus and My Father God. He is awesome and none of this could have been done without Him. 

Father God, doesn’t love me any more than He loves you, He desires a relationship with you, His Child.  He created you, brought you into this world with a purpose for your life.  We all have the choice to choose Him and His love, and operate in what He has for us. His love never fails!

To make that choice, we must believe that He love’s us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to pay the price that would have been ours to pay.  If we ask, he will forgive us of our sins and bring us into right relationship with Father God Almighty.  Believe and receive, it is that simple, and we are free to BE the Child of Father God, who loves us so.

The sequel to the above story:

I called Progressive Roadside and they are sending out a tow truck in 2 hours.  I called the tow truck company he told me that Progressive scheduled a medium duty instead of a heavy duty truck and if it is not scheduled right they don’t get paid right.  I had to call progressive to get it straight.

Kieth, the tow truck driver came, after calling me and asking me if he could just inflate the tire and did I think it would last for two days until I planned to leave on Friday (since it was slow leaking)

5-19-22

Good morning my Child, I have you and am orchestrating things in the background for you.  I have seen that you are uncertain where and when you are to go next because of a tire.  A tire? What has our relationship come to that your life choices are based on a tire. 

Forgive me Father, it is all in your hands, I will speak to the tire.

My Child, I forgive you but I wanted you to see what your choices were based on.  You had uncertainty, doubt and disbelief because of a situation.  Whose work is that? 

I spoke to the enemy; he has no place in me.  Thank you Father, for correcting me and helping me see the errors of my ways.  I will guard my heart with more diligence.

Abundance is yours and I have you. Walk in my path, my straight path.  I have much for you and I need you to be focused on me and my desires for you.  I have brought you out of credit bondage and I do not want you to return, it is the world’s system.  Watch how I work it.  You see how I extended the “Golden ticket” in Shaklee to the 31^st of May.  Watch how this works.   I have some mighty plans for you and remember, you are my Ambassador.  I have the plans, walk in it.

I do want you to go to Chesapeake Bay as planned.  Your travel will go well.  I need you focused on me.  Your thoughts on my system.  You see how easily you are distracted, watch it!  You can give place to the enemy that way.  Read I Cor 3:19 and beyond. (I read to 1 Cor 5). You see how much higher my system is than that of the world. 

Your attention to my system is so important to me.  You need to know my system.  You have been called as a steward of my system, you need to know.  I will teach you as you abide in me.  Abide in me.  I am your husband, your guide.  Do not usurp me.  Stay on my path.  Be fully obedient, no matter what.  Things will get tighter for you and I expect your obedience.  When LaVonne shared with you about being a Child.  A Child does not have to be taught to BE a Child.  You are my Child, just BE who you are.  Read Gal 3:21

 

I called AJ and he said he would be here in the Morning to bring a bill to someone and he would see me.

I went to bed early to be ready for moving in the morning.

5-20-22

I was “up-an-at-um”, getting ready to leave.  The tire on the driver’s front side of the RV was inflated and ready to go.  I unhooked from the electric, water and sewer and hitched up the CRV.  After I hooked the car up, I realized the steps didn’t come up again.  I tried everything I knew, but they wouldn’t budge.  I

I was waiting for AJ, so I called him, he was at the bank in Callao and said he had to still come to Harbor view.  He talked me through fixing the steps and I left to get gas in Colonial beach, then I headed on down to Kinsale, VA to The Tire Doctor (about 45 miles).  AJ said he would meet me there.

What an experience!  I met the owner, Wesley and his wife who worked there too.  They were both Christians.  I had to unhook the car to get the RV close enough to be worked on.  They took the tire off and what a shock!  There were 3 big holes on the other side of the tire, as my hand, showing the inner tube.  It was a miracle that I was able to make it to the Tire Doctor.  Soon after we discovered that I needed a new tire, AJ showed up with his son.  The two front tires were still off while Wesley was looking for some used tires that were good.  He checked the rest of the tire, on the RV and said that the tires I got in North Carolina were really good and the others were old and cracked.  He found 4 tires that were only 2 years old and said I could have them all for $170.  Praise you Father!  The average price of new tires for the RV were $500-$800 each.  AJ asked if I had enough money.  I told him I had $200 and he asked me when I would get paid again, I told him on the 15^th of next month.  He gave me $100 cash and said he would add it to the bill that I owed him.  When I payed the bill for the tires, with taxes and tire disposal fees, it came to $197.70.   Wesley and his wife knew Jesus and as I was paying, I realized that the whole shop staff came into the office for lunch and there was another customer in there also.  I asked if I could pray with them and they said yes.  I prayed for salvation for all and blessings on their business.  I gave them my card and Wesley asked me what was Shaklee.  I told him and he said he would check it out.  It was quiet and everybody heard me.

Wesley helped me hitch up the car and I left headed to Cheapeake Beach RV Resort in Glouster, VA.  I stopped in Tapahanock, VA. And was able to get RV gas, for $40 cash.   Praise you Father!

At the time, I did not know I was being prepared to drive to Oregon.  Since then AJ is coming tomorrow to finish up the RV repairs, Father God told me not to tow the CRV, so I would not be encumbered with it and everything else is ready.  I am just waiting on the “go” signal from Father God.

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6-30-22

I will update you now, since the blow out of the tires on my RV the first day out, 6/28/22 at about 4PM, 34 miles away from where I started.

I was located on the side of Rt 301, actually on a Federal Military owned property in Virginia.  There were no mile markers, no land marker that would represent civilization so I had no information as to where I was, eccept that GPS said I was 9.2 miles from Rt 207.  I called a few friends and my daughter to pray and began the long, ardours, call to my (2) Roadside Asstant Companies to send a tow truck.  None could come until morning,  I turned the flashers on because the shoulder was so narrow, I could bearly get off the road.  There were two lanes going South. 

Once I knew that I would be there for the night, because it is my home, I began to get visitors.  The first was the County Police, very nice, Christian who told me about Norton Towing & Recovery, in Woodford, VA, which wasn't far away. The Roadside Companies were trying to send me to an RV repair shop that was 22 miles behind me and I would have to stay in their parking lot until morning, and then the tow trucks were too small to handle it, so that wasn't working.

The County Policeman came back to check on me and I realized that they needed to see me and hear me to know that I was OK.  That meant I had to stay dressed for the visitors.  Thank Father God, I had comfortable clothes on.

The next visit was from Bo, the owner of the recommended Tow company.  He knew Jesus and he was on his way home from Maryland with his wife (it was about 10 PM).  He assured me that he would have a tow truck out in the morning.

The next visitors that came arrived at about 1:30AM.  Two Military Police came with bright lights, knocking on the door, (I was in the bathroom).  When I got to the door, they had not heard about my issue and didn't see the tires, so I had to explain.  They said they would keep checking also.  

I was able to get 8 hours of sleep and awoke at peace, rested, no stress, trusting my Father God, beause He LOVES ME. (you too, keep coming back to my journey blog and come to a closer relationship with Father God, that is the goal of this Adventure with My Father) 

6-29-22

The tow truck, that Bo promised, came with Jerry, the driver, and he went right to work checking out the situation.  The whole time he was working, I was trying to get the 2 Roadside Assistant ompanies to dspatch him so he would get paid.  I was in touch with Bo, the owner and he spoke to them on a 3way call, they ended up hanging up on each other and he told Jerry to pack up and leave because they wouldn't get paid.  Jerry started to do that reluctantly, as he wanted to help.

Next thing  I know, a bigger tow truck from Bo's comany showed up to haul my home on the bed of the new truck.  Bo had arranged with Allstate who paid the $400 to tow it to Norton Towing and Recovery.  He made arrangements for me to get 2 tires for $80 (they usually start at $500 each for RV tires) and putting them only cost me $50.

I hugged Jerry who was such a great help, and prayed for him, said my goodbyes and left there at 4 PM ib the road again, not even sure where I was going.  The 2 places I thought I would be stopping did not work out so I stopped at a rest stop in North Carolina, very near where I had my 8 day Saga with the first tire blowouts.

6-30-22

Good morning,  I had a great night's sleep (8hrs) and worked at getting electricity to my computer (The battery is dead on it) and a way to charge my ear buds.  I have a "gismo" that plugs into the cigarette lighter on my RV and converts it to electricity, it worked and my phone is a hot spot for internet so I am able to do this blog.  This will probably be the longest blog because of the pre journey info.

We had a wonderful prayer call, the conversation and prayer was on FAITH.  Also, Sandi advised me to get organized with my time so I don't spend all day blogging, facebookin' and phone calls.  I do need to travel some on my journey.

What is your faith in?  Who or what do you trust?  I am praying that my journey is not in vein, that you receive more and more from my Father God as I am. 

I Love you and I hope you will be back regularily to stay on this journey with me. 🙏😊