February 1, 2007

We’ve been praying for quite a while that the Lord would provide a mobile home for us to use to travel to and from events. It’s been listed on our website “wish list” as well. We’re getting a little crowded in the van, even with the trailer. The kids are getting bigger and now with Keith and Gary traveling with us more in addition to all their equipment, we’re even outgrowing the trailer.

Another local music group that recently retired has a bus that they want to sell. Now the bus is a little bigger than what we were originally looking at but isn’t that like God to give you above and beyond what you expect or hope for. [click title to read more]

Monday, March 5, 2007

Well, it has finally happened. The bus is ours! We went last week and transferred the title and registered the plate and moved it here to our house this weekend. There were some complications with the deal but we prayed through them and God finally made the way for it to happen.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Here is a list of some items we need for the remodeling in the bus.

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

It didn’t take but four days for someone in the city to complain about the bus. This morning two police officers showed up to tell us it had to move. They said, “you can’t park that bus here.”

Friday, March 9, 2007

The Mayor has attended many of our Gospel Sings at the Park and often has said that if there was anything he could do for us to give him a call. So we took him up on his offer. He returned the call this morning.

Saturday, March 10, 2007
A group of us went to the Gaither Concert last night so we decided to take the bus to save on gas and parking. We all had a great time at the concert and in fellowship on the bus.
There were so many buses parked in the lot and we weren’t in any [...]

Monday, March 12, 2007
Thank you God for sending us someone like Jim, to do the remodeling we wanted. He’s putting in beds so we can sleep in the bus instead of paying for hotel/motel accommodations. And he will be installing a shower too so we can bathe.

Friday, March 16, 2007
Today, Jim got the basics of the beds installed. Since we have 6 to travel and really not a lot of space, and a lot of us are on the bigger size, we didn’t want to stack the bunks 3 high. So we’re going to put a small bunk above the table [...]

Friday, March 23, 2007
Well all of the beds are done being built. Now all I need is the mattresses, sheets, etc.
We removed the stove and are sliding the refrigerator a little closer to the sink to allow more space for the shower. We’re going to put in a microwave instead of the stove. I [...]

Monday, March 26, 2007
Friday night and Sunday afternoon, Lou and I went shopping for the bus. We needed things like curtains for the bunks and windows, curtain rods, mattress covers, sheets, pillows, towels, etc.
We went to Wal-Mart Friday night and I just found a great deal on curtains when they announced over the loudspeaker [...]

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
The police were here again last night complaining about the bus. You would think residents in McKeesport would have more to complain about than our bus. Just the other night someone was shot on a street near our church. The mirror on our van has been busted. My car windows broken several [...]

Friday, March 30, 2007
The Mayor called back again this morning and reassured us that everything was fine with parking the bus. Plus we had spoken to the ordinance officer yesterday who said the same thing. Police officers are not and will not show up at our place because the city has sent them. They are [...]

Sunday, April 1, 2007
When we bought the bus from Steel City Quartet, they had offered to include a roll of carpeting that they had bought to install on the walls and ceiling in the bus. We were finally able to get the guys together to go and pick it up.

Well, it had been raining [...]