Carolyn Reports: Update on the Stolen Honda

From: Carolyn Kemp [mailto:ckemp572@adelphia.net]
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:56 AMTo: KempFamily@yahoogroups.com; HunerdosseClan@yahoogroups.comSubject: [KempFamily] Kevin & Sonya

Hi Family,
I know many of you have been praying for our kids and all they have been through these last couple of days with the stolen car. Well, the police called yesterday and told Kevin they found his car. He was excited at first, but then found out it had been towed to a place that is not in the car repair business and it was without wheels, an ignition part and had a dead battery. The radio and speakers had also been stripped from it. He also had to pay for the towing, which wasn’t cheap. He was very discouraged, to say the least, plus they had stolen the really nice stroller Kevin and Sonya had splurged on for Em and also a car seat. When I talked to Kevin last night, he was on his way to pick up tires, he told me. Well, I didn’t realize fully what his bright idea was. I just knew I was praying like crazy for him. Well, he found 3 friends who have Honda Civics and they all have a spare tire (the little kind that is well hidden in these cars). He found 3 friends who were willing to loan their spare tire plus he had the one from his car (fortunately they hadn’t stripped that from the car also). He went over to the place where his car was and they fork-lifted his car to him. He put on the 4 funny looking spares, borrowed jumper cables and used a screw driver to start up the car. It actually started and he called me from the car today as he was driving it. He was so proud of himself for only” putting out” his friends for less than 24 hours of their spares. He found a deal at a junkyard on 4 wheels and tires, with better tread on them than he had before. He still isn’t sure how the car is running, since he only drove it with the little tires, so it felt a little funny. Keep praying, and hopefully this will be the end of this saga. He did get a steering wheel lock (I forget what you call them). Oh, and Ben had recently given Kevin a new CD player for his car, which was stolen, but he still had the old one, so he still has his music as soon as he installs it. I’ll keep you informed of any new news.

Love to you all,

Carolyn