Brrrrr! describes up what the weather was like on Saturday. Even with the cold, we were very happy that it did not snow or rain during the time we were out in the weather. That day we worked on 21 cars addressing issues from the regular oil change to bulb replacement. The day started at 6 am (dark outside) to 6 pm (dark outside). On a side note, I wish more auto manufactures would provide easy access to replace these important communication tools.
But as with most Auto Care Saturday's the story begins before Saturday. On Wednesday Greg, Mary, and I sat down to plan out the weekend. At that meeting, we had about 17 women signed up, it looked like only 3 guys to help change the oil, and no one to bring lunch. As you can imagine, the lack of lunch was the greatest concern.
By Friday, the count had blossomed to 22 cars, 5 guys, and still no lunch. NAPA, our auto part supplier, would not have our order ready until Saturday morning. Oh, we were struggling to get a truck to move the supplies. By that evening, God had supplied a truck. Thank you Chapelgate for providing a truck!.
Saturday morning arrived and all 5 guys showed. Between Mary & Robin, all the paperwork was ready to go. Greg, Bryan, Norm, and Dale, got the work stations ready. By the time we began to work on the first set of cars, the supplies were picked up from NAPA and little delay was experienced by the women we were serving. Still no lunch.
As the day wore on Holly, one of our former clients and a good friend, arrived just to say hi and get us up to date on the goings on in her life. When Holly found out we did not have any plans for lunch, she quick stepped into the gap. What a wonderful blessing. But the blessings did not end there, the Holy Spirit provided breakfast in the form of Mary and hot chocolate in the form of the Conley's.
Just as the sunset and the temperature began to drop, the used oil was properly disposed of at the recycle center at Howard Co Landfill. The truck returned to the church and the few of us who remained gathered to share dinner together. What a wonderful day of loving God by loving others.
The Auto Care Guys
Photos from Saturday
