Day 3 - 1300 miles down / 3700 to go

Wow, what a day!  Have to start out with what we learned this morning:

Prayer - what you do when driving the Al-Can and watching your gas gage get lower and lower as the two gas stations you pass in more than 100 miles are both closed up and boarded.

Fervent Prayer - what you do when your gas light comes on knowing the next gas station is 15 miles away. Add to that the fact that you are pulling a very heavy trailer and the roads are going up and down through the mountains.

Miracle - arriving at the gas station safely 15 miles later.  For me, this is accompanied by tears of relief, joy, and sincere gratitude.

During the last mile before we made it to the gas station, Andy shared the Old Testament story of the widow and her son, sharing her last bit of oil and flour with the prophet Elijah before they died of starvation. Elijah told her that as long as he was with them they would not run out of oil. Andy said that as long as the Lord was with us, we would not run out of gas.

I can't describe how grateful I am that we made it to that gas sation safely.  We know we are moving to FL because that's where Heavenly Father wants us to be.  We are so grateful that He is helping us get there safely!

SO, we have made it 600 miles today to Fort Nelson in British Columbia. Tomorrow we rest, have a mini church service in our room (the girls are giving the talks, boys will pick out songs, Andy & I will read scriptures), relax a bit, then let the kiddos burn up a ton of pent up energy in the hotel's pool.  Looking forward to taking a break from the road.  But for now, it's back to grading papers, knowing a nice long update and those long awaited for pictures will happen during our down time tomorrow.