Hope Rod part 1

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week!   I am so thankful for many blessings over this past year!  One of the biggest events for me personally was being able to fulfill my dream of driving 100mph by myself.

Many of you have asked for the details of that trip, so here you go!

After years of planning my dream of driving, The Hope Rod trip was finally here. The amazing Quad Squad had taken care of all the details and they left Vancouver, Washington with the Hope Rod.   We planned to meet the Quad Squad in Fields, Oregon so I could drive the car by myself in the desert.

I was nervous as I said my goodbyes to my wife Kelli and my girls; I knew they were nervous too because a lot could go wrong on this adventure.  On the other hand, I was also very excited because I would be the first complete quadriplegic to drive a car 100mph just with my mouth.

As I left my driveway with my driver, my photographer and my caregiver I said a prayer asking God to bless our trip, to keep us all safe and to allow the success of the Hope Rod to bring glory to Him.

We were on the road for less than an hour when I received a distress call from Ron Phillips, the leader of the Quad Squad.   Ron explained that the heavy-duty pickup truck they were using to tow the HOPE ROD trailer had broken down in the mountains near Bend, Oregon.   My heart sank as I pictured this dream coming to an abrupt end before it ever got started.   Instead of me driving the Hope Rod, it was sitting in a trailer, abandoned on the side of the road as the Quad Squad sought out a fix for the broken truck.  I started to get a little depressed but quickly realized that this was probably the devil trying to stop this miracle from happening.

Has this ever happened to you?  Do things sometimes not go your way??  Do you sometimes get discouraged or worry??     Don’t feel bad…it happens to all of us.  But how you react to those situations is very important.

You can give up  and hang your head in despair or you can take a deep breath and do all you can in your power to repair the situation and be able to hold your head up high in knowing that you gave it your all.  The devil wants you to be disparaged but God wants you to succeed!  And he will be there with you in your struggles…

My response was to pray.  I rebuked the negative thoughts and I asked God to bless this trip and to be with the Quad Squad.  My challenge to you this Monday is to do the same thing in your life. Ask God to bless you…He will…. because He loves you and so do I.  🙂

Come back next week to hear if my prayers were answered. God bless you- Ron

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