Unexpected Blessing

This past weekend went very well. Thankfully we didn't mess up on our words or forgot what we were going to say. We got an encouraging response from every service and that made it a lot more comfortable to be on stage. Being up there is a vulnerable place to be. You don't think about it much while watching the other pastors on weekends but once you feel the heat of the lights and see all the eyes that are watching it can be very intimidating. It was sad that it was our last weekend service at RVC.

Monday Levi and his dad Paul worked all day on making a bike rake for on top of our Jeep. Instead of paying about $200 for a used one or $450 for new, they made it out of wood for about $20. It was so funny seeing it all done. We really look crazy, but hopefully we have time to paint it black this afternoon so it doesn't look to weird.

Last night was such an awesome experience. After Levi was done with his crazy project, we decided to go to our favorite place, Fuddruckers. It is in Edina, right next to Centennial Lakes where we got married. We thought it would be nice to go visit one last time before we left. As we were pulling in we saw a paraplegic in a wheelchair that needed help. So we pulled over and Levi jumped out and helped him pick us a wallet that he dropped in front of him. He told him that his battery on the bottom of his wheelchair was dragging and couldn't figure out what was wrong. So Levi proceeded to examine the wheelchair and after an hour figured out that his struts had completely broken off. We couldn't get anything to work to make it not drag. So finally we put him in our car and trapped his wheelchair to our trunk with a belt and one bungee cord. It was amazing that it didn't fall out! During this hour and a half we learned that he was 36 and was in a car accident t the age of 18. We was a top wrestler at his high school. He was married but divorced. He was a very nice man with a nice family. He went to church every other week. He kept saying thank you.

Once we got to his apartment he told Levi to go into his place and get his manual wheelchair. We got him situated and into his place. He showed us pictures of his family. We gave him our prayer card and told him to check out our site. Once we were saying goodbye he started to cry and said thank you so much for helping me. We told him there's a reason you didn't die in that accident. God has plans for your life and gave him encouragement to keep pushing on. We asked if he needed prayer for anything but said no. That night we were way more blessed than we were able to bless him. God works in the strangest ways. We will never forget that night and the lessons we learned from him.