My Birthday

Today was a very special day. It started with a trip to Matehuala to close the deal with the car/accident etc. Maggie and I got up before 6 in order to get to all the different places on time, its a 3 hour drive from here to Matehuala. We got to talk alot ,get to know each other etc. The Lord did lots of miracles and put very special people in our path. It was a little difficult to go back and relive everything that happened. Seeing the car and remembering it all made me so thankful that Andy, the kids and I are all alive and well.
We were in the junkyard where the car is, just going through the remains looking for a document that we thought might have been left there on accident. I went to the drivers side of the car and the metal of the roof is all dented in. There was this one piece of metal that stuck all the way down and it had a thick lock of hair stuck to it. I remembered Andy had said that he must have gotten glass in his head cause his hair was cut shorter in one place. Andy is very tall and his head almost touched the roof of the car while driving., so it was a total miracle that that piece of metal didnt sink any further or he wouldn't be here today. Just seeing that gave me goose bumps.
The man who was with us while we checked the car looked at me and said "After an accident like this, all you got is crutches?" then he pulled something out of the car, it was my old gasoline stained, moldy bible and said "This is what kept you alive". And its so true, I just cant get over the miracle.
Another interesting thing happened. While in the Ministerio Publico filling out reports etc we spent alot of time talking to the lawyer who was helping us and his secretary. We showed her the newspaper clipping of the accident and she told us she had seen the accident. She said she was traveling to Monterrey that Sunday and was in the line of cars behind our accident . Her husband asked her if she wanted to stop but when she saw so many children she said she'd rather not because she couldnt handle it. She said as they drove by she saw me sitting on the ground with a child on my lap (Toti) and the other 3 sitting next to me and I had my free arm raised, my eyes were closed and I was crying and praying out loud . Obviously I dont remember that but it was encouraging to me that in such an intense moment someone got a sample and that later I could meet her and tell her the miracle of how the Lord saved our lives that day. Both the lawyer and his secretary prayed to receive Jesus with us.
To sum it up, all the business and paperwork got done and the Lord supplied a yummy lunch before going home. The owner of the restaurant also remembered the accident and we were able to tell her the happy ending to the story.
I am still not done with the car. Eventually I will need to go to the border so please pray that nothing else comes up and we can close this chapter.
On to happy thoughts... after I got home and rested up,we had dinner with the kids and nobody said much about my birthday except for embarrasing me by singing the "Happy Birthday" song in the dining room. When we got upstairs Andy had given each one of the kids a little surprise to give me. One of the girls brought a chocolate bar, the other one brought ice cream, Sammy brought a little notepad they had bought for me at school with "their" money, (Jazmin sells little drawings at school for 2 $ and she saved the money and got the notepad at the little store in the school) and Toti brought the spoons. We ate the ice cream together and then the kids went to bed. That night Andy surprised me by setting up a little picnic in our room with wine, cheese, olives, etc. It was so special and the cool thing was he managed to surprise me! He somehow planned it all and prepared it without me realising. I felt so loved. The next day was alot of fun too. We had a rest day and Andy spoiled me by bringing me breakfast in bed and then a sushi picnic at the park and then more food but I'm not gonna write about it cause this whole post is making me sound fat. I really liked my birthday and Im so thankful for all the wonderful people who made it so special.
Oh, and if anyone has any ideas of what to do for a mans birthday please write me. Andy used up all MY good ideas on MY birthday so I dont know what to do for his.
I'M 29 ...YAY!