CAR!

Lately I have really been wanting a car. This whole week, especially, there have been so many circumstances that really required me to have a car. I found myself becoming really demanding of God, and then I had to take a step back and see the situation for what it was. Satan was really trying to get at me and make me question God's authority, wisdom, and timing. This guy that helped my friend find her car was going to help me find a good car, but he kept saying he'd call me and never did, so I'd call him to arrange a time where we could go car shopping, and he'd always say something like, "I'll give you a call tomorrow."...I always ended up calling him because he never actually did call me on that day. Finally he told me he'd call me when he found a good car. I gave him like a week and he never called, so I decided that I was going to have to start looking myself. I really didn't want to do this myself, because I'm a young American female. 3 disadvantages for me and 3 reasons a car dealer could very easily take advantage of me. But I just prayed that God would lead me to the right car.

Well, I began searching the internet. I had an idea of what I wanted and what I didn't want in a car, and I learned alot along the way. I narrowed down some cars, and one of my girlfriends came over to help me find the perfect one! :) She offered to take me car shopping on Friday as well. We narrowed it down to one car...a white Mitsubishi Magna. I really wasn't thrilled with how it looked, and it was a gas guzzler! I called them the next morning (which was Friday morning) before my friend, Erina, got to my house to take me car shopping, and that car dealer said that they sold the Magna the day before. I was kinda bummed but I was totally at peace with it, because I just felt like that wasn't really my car in the first place. I had pretty much ruled out getting a Honda or Toyota, because I wanted a car no earlier than the year 2000 and that would mean paying a lot of money for a Honda or Toyota! So I was looking particularly at Nissans and Mitsubishis. But after that dealer told me the car was sold, I began my search again. I figured I'd just look at car lots here and see if I could find one. For all you Charleston people, there is a road here that's pretty much like Savannah Hwy (TONS of car dealerships), but times 10! So I just decided to search car dealerships online to get an idea of what place had what. In the process, I found a '99 Hatchback Toyota Corolla. It was blue, and really cute! So I called the dealer and got their address and told them I was interested in that car. They were so nice. Erina came to pick me up and we went to this car dealership that I was talking about called "Automobile Gallery" (www.automobilegallery.com.au). When we walked up to the lot, I was expecting someone to bombard me with questions and facts about their cars. Instead, me and Erina got to look around for a few minutes. We spotted the car I'd been looking at online, and as I was walking toward it, I saw a familiar car - a 2001 Honda Civic! Same model as mine back home. I told my friend, "Erina, I just have to take a look at this car for old times sake." I had no intentions of buying the car. When I saw that it was only $1,000 more than the Toyota Corolla, I was like, "Oh my gosh!" It had low kms (or miles, for the Americans) as well, but I went and looked at the Toyota. I chatted with the dealer, who came outside shortly after I got to looking at the Toyota. He was really nice, and wasn't trying to sell me his stuff, but was really just trying to help me along and gave me all kinds of info! He told me everything I needed to know about things such as insurance, registration, etc. I was in a pickle now. I had to decide between this Toyota and Honda. How funny is it that I had totally ruled out getting a Honda or Toyota, but now I was having difficulty deciding between the two?! Seriously, God has such a sense of humor! Well, I ended up getting the Honda!! How much more does that prove God's sense of humor? I got the same car here as back home! That thought had never realistically crossed my mind! It's dark blue, and has dark interior. Those are the major differences (other than the steering wheel being on the other side of the car).

All I can say is thank you to my dad! And thank you God! Seriously, I am SO blessed! I know this car is the one God had waiting for me, because I took out $500 cash, hoping they would take that as a deposit, because I definitely don't have thousands of dollars to fork out right now. I have to wait for those funds to come in from dad back home. When I got there, they said, "We take $500 deposits on all of our cars." Woah! Also, I looked into how much the Honda cost here and converted it to US dollars, and it was just under the price my car sold for back home! Such a God thing! Here's some pictures:

(P.S.): You can see more pictures on the site I mentioned earlier. Just go to "Gallery" and then get to the Hondas. Mine is at the top of the page. It's a 2001, Dark Blue.





So yeah, I'm going to go pick it up some time next week hopefully! YAY!