Very Thankful

At times I get impatient and frustrated with things. I am getting better, but I think God gets a kick out of pushing the envelope.

This past couple of weeks we have had problems with our AC unit. I have had a couple different companies out to check things and apparently there was a leak in the coil and we either had to replace the coil - $2250 - or replace the entire unit - over $6000. Well that was a bit frustrating and certainly an expense we were not planning on.

Over the past several days, Alice and I have debated about and prayed about what the right move should be. Then in the midst of it all, my laptop goes belly-up! Great!!!

Well this morning, in my prayer time, I felt like the right move was to replace the coil and not the unit. But there was something nagging at me about this whole thing. In my mind everything should be repairable, not JUST replaceable.

This afternoon, while praying about it again, I felt like God wanted me to call our neighbor who is in the refrigeration business. My intent, I thought, was to get his opinion on replacing the coil or the entire unit.

Once I explained my situation, he was a bit put-out that we had not called him when we were first having problems. I tried to explain he was our neighbor not our repairman. Anyway, he came over and did an extensive leak test and discovered a substantial leak in one of the fill vales. He replaced both schrader vales and filled the unit with Freon. He was not certain that was the only problem, but that was the only issue he could find. Now we have cool air and a bit of a reprieve from the major expense, at least for now.

I am so thankful to God, and of course Rick, for helping us sort through this and trust His leading. This was one COOL experience.
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Hope to have some new pictures soon.

God bless!

Norm and Alice