Calling for Back Up ...

Oh the things we do for entertainment. We’ve been prayerfully considering whether to keep our van or not. Well, yesterday while Randy was at work the boys and I went to look at a Dodge Caliber (good fuel mileage, not much on comfort). The boys keep bugging us about a convertible so I consented to test drive a convertible Mustang thinking the wind would beat them up in the back seat and thus mute issue. Boy did God's sense of humor strike once again ... and He's probably still laughing! Needless to say, the backseat pretty much pockets the boys and the wind doesn’t beat them up. You guessed it … they LOVED it! Even better, the Dealership sent the car home with us overnight to test since Randy was working (obviously a desperate attempt to market/move the car … an inexpensive way for us to experience one without renting one). Well, liking the idea of the convertible part ... hating the price/economy of the Mustang engine part (Love the looks though!) we drove to Gainesville to check out a more affordable convertible and some other cars. The drive was nice with the top down … Randy thought the highway winds would be a deter. (PTL! God doesn’t save His sense of humor just for me!) Guess again … our sons quickly figured out it was easier to get semis to “honk” with the top down and sounded far cooler too. One more PLUS for a convertible. Got to Gainesville, found the dealership that had advertised the cars only to find out the convertible was off the lot. Drove a couple other cars that didn’t compete with the Mustang or van that God already owns but we gained another experience/memory. It started out as just another normal test drive. Randy behind the wheel. Salesman crammed in backseat with boys. Me in passenger seat inspecting interior, asking about acceleration, handling, leg room, etc, reminding him of speed limit and not to speed. New Component … Flashing lights. Randy, “What’s he pulling me over for, I wasn’t speeding.” Young officer - license and registration. Randy - test drive thus no registration, intro of Salesman to Officer via backseat window. Officer appeared a bit flustered made quick recovery with license request to run check anyway. Officer running license check. Wendt family & salesman waiting in car … and waiting … and waiting … checked out all there was to check out on the interior … still waiting … verbal speculation about it taking so long to run the license … still waiting … still waiting … Malachi’s innocent, unusually clear, sincere voice with the ‘only obvious’ answer …“He’s calling for back up.” Lots of laughter and affirmation that was a good answer. … STILL waiting … Randy popped the trunk button (Don’t think it was an accident but you never know…) thus had to get out to shut it. Michelle decided to inspect the trunk and outside of the car while we waited. … Still waiting. Finally the officer returned license. Every thing checked fine, slow due to out-of-state license. Apologized, said car was nice. Randy (with humor) wasn’t thinking it was nice if he got pulled over before he even owned it! Officer laughed. Randy told him about Malachi’s statement … Officer laughed even harder. Commented we were pretty innocent looking with the salesman, wife and kids in the car. Everyone left (in appropriate cars!) We continued to laugh. Got back to dealership … gate locked. Salesman told manager story … had laughs … returned to our vehicle (the sporty, convertible mustang) … and Malachi said, “Finally, a car that they wouldn’t think about pulling us over in!” Priceless: God has blessed us with yet another day as a blessed family with two amazing sons, never ending joy, memories and laughter to last a lifetime! THANK YOU GOD!!