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Need Your Prayers, Folks

Yesterday we got some bad news. It's not life or death news, but it is corruption and it affects us. The couple that bought our Surburban is paying in payments, which is very common here. They gave us checks with different dates to cash in each month. When the car dealer where we sold our truck went to cash in the check, the couple had closed their checking account. They are not answering their phone or their door. They haven't actually paid anything for our truck yet, and it's been over a month! We found out that the car dealer forwarded us the money that they would have paid us. We feel like we will have to get the police involved to escort us to their home to retrieve our vehicle.

The worst part for us is that we did our homework. We prayed about this sale, we did a criminal and credit background check on the buyers, they are "supposedly" believers in the faith, people that we should be able to trust, and the car dealer vouched for them saying that they are paying for two other trucks from his lot. We feel so bad for the dealer because in 15 years in the car business, this has never happened to him. At least our truck is still parked in their driveway. His trucks are no where to be found.

Will you pray with us that we can retrieve our truck peacefully and that we can have the opportunity to talk with them and show them forgiveness.

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  1. I am so sorry this is happening to you guys! Praying for a swift resolution and for justice.

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  2. Praying for God to work good out of even this, and for all involved to know how to handle each step. Keep us posted...

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  3. This happened to us in Paraguay but we eventually got all of our money, it took twice as long, but we got it. I'll be praying.

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  4. Oh, no! So sorry to hear about this and yes, such a difficult situation...will keep you in our prayers...

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  5. Wow- the car business here sure is difficult. I am sorry that you guys are having problems. We will be praying with you that the Lord will work out the situation.

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