Everytime
we go to Sunday Mass at the Ascension of Our Lord Parish Church in Lagro,
Claire without fail, would light up 5 colored candles (she always chooses the colors
pink, purple, blue, green and red). As I was helping her to light up her candles,
I told her that she should have a prayer for each of her candles. I lighted the
pink candle up and asked her what it is for. She said it’s for a Big House. The
purple candle is for a Big Car. The blue candle is for a trip to Hong Kong
Disneyland. The Red candle is for going back to the Beach-Boracay. And the green candle is
for her to fly like Izzie from Jake And The Neverland Pirates. During mass, she
also kneels down to pray for her wishes. Good girl Claire.
Third
week of August, my hubby and I dropped by SM Fairview for some errands. Marvin
needed a ladder so he went to Ace Hardware to look for one. I was paying the
bills at the Payment Center. He gave me a call and told me to go to Ford SM
Fairview, which is right beside Ace Hardware. I met him there and he showed me
that the downpayment for the Ford Everest was on a special promotional rate.
Instead of the usual downpayment of P300k+ it was down to P88,000 plus
insurance. It was a price that our family might be able to afford. We asked the
sales consultant- Joan to give us a quotation and a brochure, which we brought
home. Excitement was brimming, but I tried to suppress it, because I didn’t
want to be disappointed.
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| Ad poster of Ford Everest |
We
thought long and hard about it. We only have up to the end of August to decide.
We consulted Marvin’s parents, my eldest brother Kuya Ge and my dad. They all
said that we should go for it. If everything goes by smoothly, it simply means
it was meant to be for us. This will be our first time to apply for a car loan
and we are a bit apprehensive. What if we are not able to pay for the monthly
amortization? But we have faith- lots of it.
We
went to Ford Commonwealth for a test drive of the Ford Everest. We are
satisfied with the ride, so we decided to plunge in a pay the reservation fee
of P10,000.00. We filled up applications for car loans and waited for approval.
We thought that if we get approved, then we will get it. If not, then it is not
for us.
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| Test-Drive with my Mom-in-law and Claire |
We
patiently waited for the result of our loan application. On the second day, we
got a text message from PS Bank and East West Bank informing us of our loan
approval. It was a happy day. The next day, a Friday, we went to Ford
Commonwealth to get our very own Black Ford Everest SUV. Just like that. We
went home with our very own big car. It almost felt like we were in a dream.
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| Our very own Big Black Car |
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| Inside the Big Black Car |
Everything
happened so fast. We did not plan for it. But I guess, that is how God works.
He loves His children and He loves surprising us. Marvin really wanted a Toyota
Fortuner. But God gave us a Ford Everest. I told Marvin that God doesn’t always
give him what he wants, he jokingly said, maybe that is why He gave you to me.
Then I told him, it’s because He only gives you the very best.
We
had our new big black car, blessed that Sunday. Then on September 9, 2012- Our
6th Wedding Anniversary, we went to Our Lady of Manaoag, to thank
our Mother for her blessings. It turned out that on our last trip there (April
2012), Marvin asked Mother Mary for a big black car. Who would have thought
that only after 4 months, it will be given to us. Thank you Mother Mary for
your blessings! Thank you for the Anniversary gift. Happy Birthday to you. (September 8 is the Birthday of Mother Mary.)
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| Car Blessing |
Prayer
is really very powerful. Especially if offered by someone with a pure heart- such
as that of a little child’s. We noticed that Claire’s prayers somehow comes
true, however impossible we may think it is. So I won’t be surprise if I ever
see her flying around the house. And just for the kick of it, I might as well
ask her to pray for a winning lotto ticket. J
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| 6th Wedding Anniversary: Trip to Manaoag |
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