I've written before how my car is the "Faith Machine"...about how much a silly little car has taught me about Christ. Well, I wasn't going to take it with me to Spokane, and so I needed to get rid of it. I tried to get my coworkers to buy it - only $300! But no one wanted him. I had heard that a Christian rescue mission for the homeless, Hope Cottage, accepted donations of any kind, including cars. So, I took Alexander down there the day before I left Flagstaff with the mindset of 'I just want to get rid of my car!' but also thinking what a great place to give it to. I go in and they say they can take it, but it has to go to a specific person and I can't give it to them just so they can sell it. Well, they knew exactly who would get this car - Scott. I didn't mind who it went to! But after I met Scott, I was SO grateful that it was he that got Alexander.
Scott got shingles a while ago and was forced to quit his job. He came to Flagstaff homeless, jobless, and $15,000 in debt. He found the rescue mission and they gladly took him in. Well, he was able to get a job at McDonald's and he saved every single penny he earned and payed off ALL of his debt. He went back to the mission and asked them to disciple him so he could work for them. I'm not sure if he was a Christian before, or if it happened when he was at the mission, but either way, his life now is dedicated to serving the Lord while working at the mission. He told me that he was thinking a couple weeks ago that it would be nice for him to have a car - and now he does!!! Oh, I get shivers when I tell that story. It is the perfect picture to illustrate that everything is God's and we are just stewards of it all. How amazing is it that that silly little car taught me so much, and now is a gift to a man who wholeheartedly deserves it? Lord, give Alexander a long, long life so that you may teach people about You through him.
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