Our van recently broke down and so we brought it to the mechanic. During our waiting time for our repairs to be completed we walked across the street to kill time and to shop a little. We found an amazing sale on "Thomas the train & Friends" trains so we bought 2 trains getting one free. We walked back to our mechanic and when I was paying the customer service guy at the counter noticed my son's Thomas train and asked if he was into the "Thomas & Friends" stuff. We replied that he was and the gentleman said his 11 year old son was into them allot but no longer and he offered to give us all of his old trains. We said we'd like that in astonishment and I gave the guy my phone number. The next week he called me and two days later we picked up the trains almost 100 of them. The above picture is only about a third of them. We have since given a third of the trains to a friends boy, but we were just amazed at how much money we will save never having to buy a "Thomas & Friends" train again. They're $7.99-$9.99 each at least and sometimes more so the cost adds up quickly. God is so good even when it comes to things like toys for your child!!!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Blessings come in all types and categories
Our van recently broke down and so we brought it to the mechanic. During our waiting time for our repairs to be completed we walked across the street to kill time and to shop a little. We found an amazing sale on "Thomas the train & Friends" trains so we bought 2 trains getting one free. We walked back to our mechanic and when I was paying the customer service guy at the counter noticed my son's Thomas train and asked if he was into the "Thomas & Friends" stuff. We replied that he was and the gentleman said his 11 year old son was into them allot but no longer and he offered to give us all of his old trains. We said we'd like that in astonishment and I gave the guy my phone number. The next week he called me and two days later we picked up the trains almost 100 of them. The above picture is only about a third of them. We have since given a third of the trains to a friends boy, but we were just amazed at how much money we will save never having to buy a "Thomas & Friends" train again. They're $7.99-$9.99 each at least and sometimes more so the cost adds up quickly. God is so good even when it comes to things like toys for your child!!!
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Family blessings,
gifts,
The Lord's provision
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