Last week Danny's mom came for a visit. It was her birthday and we hoped we could find our next car before she came so that we could give her the 4Runner on her birthday. We searched all day long, every day and never found the right car. We decided on Friday to actually go up to San Diego (and within a couple hours of the border) and look around at dealers. We saw one that we really liked, but the dealer was unwilling to negotiate the price at all, so we weren't able to get it as it was out of our price range.
We ended up staying the night at a hotel in the hopes to continue our search on Saturday morning. We drove to another town over and called on a few that looked right, but again no answer! Finally, we decided to search for an older model of the mini-van we wanted and found one through a dealer at a decent price. It was two hours east of where we were, but we decided to make the long drive over. THANKFULLY, it had a clean title, low miles, ran great and they were willing to negotiate the price a bit. We were able to buy it. We are so thankful that even though we don't have the mini-van we wanted, we feel like God helped us buy one that will work just fine for us and we didn't have to go into debt to buy it! That was one thing very important to us. Now that we have it, we love it!
So here are a few pictures of the new Martinez mini-van, a 2003 Toyota Sienna. Praise God! We would like to thank those of you who support us monthly and those who gave special gifts to help us buy this van. We are so grateful for each one of you.
With much love and gratitude, Danae Daniel Ian & Isabella