Bikes and Buggies

The way that God consistently provides never ceases to amaze us. Also the way in which He provides makes it infinitely clear that to us that He has an astounding imagination!
We find ourselves time and time again encountering situations that are insurmountable except for an act of God. At those times we try and picture, or sort out in our minds exactly how God will be able to pull it off. Somehow in every single circumstance He ends up surprising us by accomplishing the feat in a way we never could have pictured. Not only that, but He goes way over and above what we needed.
I explained how months ago we sent an email to a church in Edinburgh just to ask some general questions. From there Carlo came into the picture and blew our expectations into another dimension.

Well God has this way of providing gifts that can just keep on giving.
It just so happens that Carlo works in the Social Work sector, and knows a guy that runs a bike repair shop with a two-fold purpose:
1) To provide free bikes to those in need, and/or simply as an incentive to get people/families out and
    active.
2) To provide work for people who have been sentenced to community service.
This shop doesn't play around, they are really good at what they do.
We were given, free of charge, 2 really nice bikes. Not only that, but Brian (the person that runs the shop) encouraged us to head back anytime, should the bikes need any repairs. Everything is free.

We then found a bike trailer on Gumtree (think Craigslist but in the UK) for a really great price with a rain cover and a bug screen.
The lady that owned it lived 40 minutes drive away though, and we don't have a vehicle.
I called her and she said that we was more than willing to make the 80 minute round-trip drive, and that very same day. When she arrived we found out that it was a bike trailer/double-buggy (stroller) combo.
It also has a storage compartment in the back with a rain cover.

It came with a wheel that you could attach to the front so that you can push it on foot.
The lady's husband just happened to have been a welder by trade,and he had fashioned a second bike connection for the trailer so that you wouldn't have to switch the connecting piece from bike to bike.
We found 2 helmets at The Salvation Army for £4 total, and we're off to the races.

The way God orchestrates things can be so brilliant that you just have to laugh...