God is good... All the time

I don't know why but I have this since today that God is good. and I always reply when I hear that (at least in my head) "All the time". We don't always know why things happen like they do, but I believe God has our best intentions in mind even in the things that seam to only be bad.

I want to tell everyone thanks that has offered my wife and I assistance after our wreck. Our fridge has been full since we got home. I have great friends and family.

The staff at our church has really stepped up to pick up the slack in my absence. We are moving into our new building and I had in my mind I was going to head up all the little construction projects, God had a different plan. Everyone has had to do there job, extra moving jobs, and picking up parts of my job. They are great, everyone at Keypoint church should know that you have a great staff, probobly the best in the world (I am sure of it).

Even my neighbors have been great friends and blessings, doing things from mowing my lawn, taking care of things on my bus, to bringing over movies. Thanks guys.

My friends have brought tons of food and offered to do basically anything. I think the only thing that i have taken advantage of (in a negative way) is asking for macaroni and Cheese. Not to mention all the people who have picked me up and taken me places. Good to know I have people looking out for me.

My family has been at my side since what seamed like only 10 minutes after that guy ran into me. It was comforting to see my dad come into the emergency room and just be there with me. Everyone has made sure I have what I need and taken me to the places I have needed to go. My grandparents on both sides have offered enormous support to Genessa and I, we could not be blessed with a better family.

And lastly to my loving wife I offer my thanks a gratitude. Only she knows how tough it is to live with me when I am functioning at %100, much less at my current level. She is the hardest working person I know, taking care of me while she had her own injuries. She is always giving of what she has and rarely thinks of her self. I love her with all I have. She makes sure I have food to eat, clothes to wear and gives me my sponge baths. She must love me as much as I love her.

We are blessed people to have such a support system from church, family, friends. I don't understand why things happen all the time but I do know that:

God is good... All the time.

Tim

Good news

Thanks goes out to my neighbor Stephen who picked up some 2000 wood screws out of the back of my bus and disconnected the emergency brake. Which was jambing the transmission into gear. Without the emergency brake, He was able to get the transmission into neutral, which enabled us to start the engine in the bus. This let us know that the motor and transmission were left unharmed.

This is good news. Thanks Stephen

Sorry no new pictures

Tim

More Pictures

Here are some pictures of the bus in the back yard. If you look at the steering column that is where the rest of the front of the bus was before the jaws of life. You can see on that big bubble thing on the left inside that there is a dent in it. That is what broke my leg. Sorry for the blood stains. And while you are there, check out the spot God saved for Genessa in the passenger seat. Just enough room, God is Good. I even put in a shot of Violet and I in our respective Wheelchairs.

Glad to be here.
Tim

Wendy's last ride

Unfortunatily Monday Genessa, Wendy and I went out for a Monday afternoon stroll when a unlicensed and uninsured motorist pulled out in front of us causing a collision.

The basics were We were going to turn onto rolling hills drive in front of Fiesta square, so we were in the turn lane. When this person decided to turn left out of the small back exit of fiesta square that you are not suppost to turn left out of. I saw him as the front of his s-10 truck poked out from inbetween two cars I at that point slammed on my brakes and he procedded to not see me and speed up to use the turn lane as a merge lane. At which point he ran into us.

luckily Genessa was not hurt badly, she has something like a sprained ankle and will have to walk on crutches for a week or so.

I took a little more of the force, Both my legs were pinned between the front of the car and what is bassicaly the bottom of my seat. I also hit my face on something, eaither the dash, steering wheel, windshield or all of the above. In addition the steering wheel was pushing on my stomach making it hard to breath if I sat up.

It was at this point that I was glad to notice that the person who hit me was backing his car up to relieve some of the pressure from my legs. It was at this point that I was angered beyond belief to notice that he was actually backing up to leave. Here is where I yelled at him not to leave and where Genessa got his licnse plate number.

When the rescue squade arived, they were able to free my legs with the "jaws of life"(as seen at the spring 07 demolition derby) and exstricate me from the vehicle. Genessa and I both rode in the ambulance to Washington regional hospital. Here is where genessa realized her ankle might be hurt a bit more than she thought. (I am glad she didn't get hurt any worse, I love my wife)

all that said I ended up with 12 stitches in my face, a broken left leg, a broken big toenail, lots of cuts, three jamed apendages and a whole bunch of friends and family gathered around to support my wife and I. Thank you to all you who have showed up, brought food, prayed, picked something up for us, or will do these things in the near future.

After two days in the hospital we are home. And I am likely bored

Enough writting lets get to what everyone wants to see, the pictures. If you don't like blood, don't look below here.


Come back for some more pictures of the bus.

House cleaner wanted

We are looking for someone to clean our house every couple of weeks. We live in Springdale so it would be best if it were someone who is already cleaning houses in the area. Or just someone who wants to make a couple extra bucks. Let us know if you know someone who is doing house cleaning.

Our house is 1250 sq ft.

Thanks
Tim

Catamaran for sale

I am selling my 1979 Hobie 16 Catamaran and needed a place to post some pictures. For more information about the boat visit http://www.hobiecat.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=7134


The first picture is of the soft spot repair, hard to see much detail.

Tim

Bus Transaxle project

I am in the process of replacing the transaxle on my bus. For those of you who do not know, a transaxle is a combination of an axle and a transmission. to do this, you must remove the engine and the trans axle leaving basically nothing in the back of the bus. I went and got a rebuilt trans on Friday and put it in with my friend Adam and Matt's help Sunday night. I spent most of Monday hooking stuff up and taking the motor apart to clean it. I will try and post more pics as they come available, and as I clean my hands enough to use the camera.


Bus with no Axle


Cleaning the Motor


old yellow paint flacking off

Old dirty Transaxle

New Transaxle

Missing Everything

Baking plates, Brakes, intake manifold, starter, muffler, carb, engine tin, axle bumpstop, hubcap and trashcan lid