{"id":21333,"date":"2021-12-15T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T20:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=21333"},"modified":"2022-01-11T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:09:29","slug":"we-bought-a-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/news\/we-bought-a-car\/","title":{"rendered":"We Bought a Car!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Prayer Partners,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much to all who prayed and donated funds toward our new vehicle!<\/p>\n<p>When we first started searching, we were somewhat discouraged to find that the average cost for the kind of vehicle we were looking for had risen while we were gone from Rwanda, and was way over what we had budgeted for.\u00a0But you kept praying, and the Lord provided a few good choices that were back down in the right price range!<\/p>\n<p>We chose a Toyota Landcruiser with less miles for a cheaper price that needed lots of cosmetic and surface-types of repairs.\u00a0Our vehicle had to stay in Kigali getting repairs done for several long weeks, but we are happy that it is finally at our house in Musanze and is working well!\u00a0We praise the Lord for providing this vehicle!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21334 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Carpenter-Rwanda-December-2021-New-Vehicle-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Him,<\/p>\n<p>Brad &amp; Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Sarai, Gideon, and Ian<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Prayer Partners, Thank you so much to all who prayed and donated funds toward our new vehicle! 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