It's time for an update...

I really do not deserve anything.  The only reason I have anything is by the grace of God.  And I've never been more firm about that statement until now.

This verse has also been on my mind: "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." --Exodus 14:14

MY CAR IS FIXED!  Yes, that's right, no more rattling, bouncing, or dead bodies in the rear of my car.  As I previously stated, the air conditioning has been out since I came back to school.  Well, as I was driving home this weekend I passed someone (only for the second time in my life) and shortly thereafter I smelled burnt rubber and the steering wheel became horrendously difficult to turn either direction.  I pulled over, called Dad, and investigated under the hood to find that there was no power steering belt to be found.  My father was very self-sacrificial and diligent in working on my car.  He found that, since the bearings on the air pump were worn out, the air pump locked up when I passed the car and it completely fried through the power steering belt.  He replaced it, the alternator belt, and the shocks (thus fixing the problem in the rear) on his days off and did not charge me for one of the shocks.  Yes, he is a very good father.