Just a week after the arrival of the Silver Ark, we decided to dedicate this gift that God had given to us back to Him. The van is only a tool that is given to our care and we are to use it to make Him famous.
Amazingly, we had a guest speaker in our church that Sunday in the perosn of Pr. Victor Wong. So obviously, we took the opportunity to invite him to perfrom the "dedication ceremony".
Well, that wasn't the amazing thing...the amazing thing is that we also have another vehicle in the family - a Produa Kancil that was given to Selina some time ago. Fact is, this Kancil at its birth was also dedicated by Pr. Victor Wong years before it became ours to possess.
Now, we have two vehicles given to us; and both dedicated to the Lord by the same person. There must be some significance in that! :)
Two days ago, the reality of answered prayer came as God blessed us with a new van! For many years our family has been praying for a new car as ours was getting very old and was beginning to give problems more frequently. Last December, I had an accident and the old car was sold of as it was not worth repairing. So, for two months it was back to basics and I was on the motobike for most of the time. God knows our needs! Last week he sent someone to offer me a van! Wow! and just after one week, we drove off with it.
The kids are obviously excited as it has been a squeeze for the whole family in a Kancil. What shall we call this van? (They give names to almost everything) How about "the ark"? The van can take a capacity of 8 persons and there were 8 in the ark when the flood came...hmm...that was the conversation when the excited kids were on the way to pick up the van. Conclusion? We did not have any...but yesterday, I heard them calling our new transport the Silver Ark! :)
All glory goes to God for his outpouring of grace and providence!