I can't believe that God has intervened and given me something I have wanted for about 25 years.  I have wanted a Vitamix for so long I had pretty much given up any hope of ever getting one.  There is really no reasonable way we coudl ever afford to buy one, even on a payment plan it would be a big stretch.  Well, this weekend The Orkin Man actually sat through not one but two cooking demos at the Interstate Fair, one of them being of the Vitamix.  And he was as impressed as I have always been with the potential for increased healthy eating with this delightful contraption.  It makes healthy so much easier and it tastes so good too.  Well, he really wanted to just put one on layaway then and there but both of us realized that we have so many greater priorities financially right now, trying to get back on our feet and so reluctantly walked away A G A I N.....With another brochure and hope yet disapointment.

Well, this time I thought, you know, I've got some potentially serious health issues to deal with right now and this would help so much, "Dear God, if you could see fit to help us find a way to get this item, I really belive it would help us improve our health."  Well, Freecycle then popped into my head.  But who in their right mind is going to give away a $400 machine to a stranger on Freecycle?  But God, who knows all, knew that there was someone out there... Here is a copy of the email I just received: 

Catherine, I have a story for you. In 1981, the year my 6th (and last) child
was born, I finally paid off the Vitamix I had on layaway for many years, if
you can imagine...it still runs and was rebuilt once, had many gasket
replacements but that's all. I want to give it to you, and if you remind me,
I'll see if I can find the cookbook that goes with it and perhaps an
instruction manual. I will be here tomorrow but then gone Tues Wed and
Thurs, home again Fri and thereafter. I will tell you how to find us and you
tell me when you want to come over for it.
@@@@ N @#$$% St, west side of %%$%$. Park on 12345 (one block north of
23457) and walk south two houses to the old house with peeling paint and
projects in the driveway.

Can you believe it?  God is so good, I pray that I can be half the blessing to others that so many of His children have been to us!  Many of you are reading this and know who you are.  This is just another entry in the "Book of Miracles."

Never give up.  God is interested in even the small things in our lives!

Blessings to all.