Well, there certainly has been quite a series of events since I last wrote. Hang in there...here we go…
We stayed in Benson, AZ for another night at the RV Park, which is 30 mins south of Tucson. The kids loved hanging out in the pool. We got to tour a HUGE RV…the diesel pushers that look pretty much like those HUGE tour buses you see on the highway. It was a presentation at the RV Park and so we thought...free doughnuts, why not? I absolutely can not believe how much room is in those beasts. It was absolutely incredible as well as absolutely expensive! The salesman said they usually go for a quarter mill but because of the market they are being given away at slightly over cost…$90,000-100,000. Go ahead, you can choke, I did. So we measled our way back to our small class C, feeling VERY cramped, BUT very fortunate we picked this thing up for a small, small, small fraction compared to that price. Before we left the park, we asked if we could perform in their banquet hall that afternoon at 3:00 p.m. We had a whopping crowd of seven; however there was one couple that wouldn’t stop complementing us on the music and our wonderful family. Big blessing come in small packages and it was a blessing to sing for those that came to listen.
We had to make one stop before leaving town and we began to smell a REALLY foul scent. We immediately started searching out the window at where on earth it could be coming from…cows? Nope. Some sort of factory? Nope. Nick thought perhaps it was the number of RV campgrounds and all the waste from sewer stations. Anyhow, the girls and I were like…”Wow, that is awful!” Nick added, “Yeah, let’s get out of this stinky town!” We saw some trains on a nearby track and Nick said, “Maybe it’s those trains.” We got on the highway and were once again in the desert. We had been traveling for only about 5 miles and now there was absolutely nothing around, and the stench was still present. I said to Nick, “Honey, I think you better pull over as soon as you can…something is NOT right.”
Not knowing exactly why we were smelling the foul stench, we definitely knew it was coming from our bathroom area and there was going to be no way to keep driving. The air blowing through that area fumigated the RV and we all felt like vomiting. It was like riding in a big terd.
We pulled off at the next exit and found an RV park and that night Nick and I sat in dismay wondering WHY all these things were happening. Was God purposely shutting doors, in effort to get us to go home or was it just the devil trying once again to discourage us. It seemed as if we had a pattern…every time we sang somewhere…BAM...attacks from the enemy. We were not going to give in and both agreed that as soon as we figured out the dilemma we would find some where to sing praises to God (even in this storm).
That night I had the biggest headache ever! Nick and I decided to play cards to get our minds off of it all and while playing I just began to laugh out loud. Nick looked at me and said, “What?” I could barely speak and I said, “Let’s get out of this stinky town,” remembering how we were trying to blame the foul scent on anything but us. We both busted out in laughter, barely being able to breathe. It was great. God is awesome…He even provided us with comic relief.
I will post pics and write more on our following days in another entry so it isn’t too long…To be continued….