One of our two cars has been out of commission all week. The belt wouldn't stay on for some reason. My husband had put it back on several times but it would just slip off when the van was driven. So, we parked it in the driveway and our other van became the family taxi. I would drop hubby off at work, drive to school for the day, return to pick him up from work in the evening and then he would pick our daughter up from working her late shift. We made it work because there was no other choice. A dear friend saw our need and said, "Maybe I could have [my husband] come over to take a look at it." And she did. He came Wednesday and discovered it was the harmonic balancer (which mean absolutely nothing to me except that it wouldn't keep the belt on...or our harmony was not balanced!) He said if we got the part and a new belt, he would fix it Saturday.
Fast forward to tonight. When hubby got off work, we needed to go get the part. I had printed out the paper with the information so I looked to see whether we needed to go to Auto Zone or Advance Auto Parts. Drew said, "It's the same price at both places." Knowing that they were both on the same road, I said, "But you have a rewards card for Auto Zone. We might as well go there." So, off we went.
We walked in and were the only customers in the store. We showed the paper to the gentleman and he gladly went and go the part and belt. He rang it up and it came to $92.00 with tax. The guy scanned Drew's rewards card and said, "You have $20.00 in rewards on your card. Would you like to use this towards your purchase?" Ummm...YES!!! I now know exactly why I knew we should go to Auto Zone and not advanced.
Not only are we blessed with amazing friends but God's guidance. Thank you, Lord!
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