Home Improvement

My husband Bill is gifted in perserverance! He just doesn't give up!
When it comes to doing things around the house, I get a little scared....last time he tiled the upstairs bathroom room, he stated (as he was finishing) "now I think I know how to do this".....ummmm hmmmmmmmmm....
Plumbing is Bill's worst, though. In our one hundred and fifty year old home, when you start to take one thing apart or upgrade in any way, at least ten other things need to be addressed!
Well, the latest thing to be fixed was plumbing. Two pipes in the basement were leaking badly.....so Bill decided to turn off the water ( for the thirteen people that live here) while he "fixed the pipes".
During this time we went to the neighborhood gas station to use the restroom, and all were waiting....and waiting....and WAITING!!!!! I asked him at one point how things were going and he replied "twenty minutes and it'll be good".....twenty minutes later, my girls that were waiting to take their showers asked..."How much longer"? The answer was the same...twenty more minutes! When I went down to check on him he had a propane torch on the pipe to help the solder to stick. Well...I looked up at the boards above the pipe that were smoking and getting black and said..."why don't you take a break"???
I am so glad he listened to me..We put a big bucket to catch the water (that was now running out) and turned the water on so the girl's could shower. Bill just turned the water off after that and said he'd finsh in the morning. WHEW!!!!!!!!! I checked to make sure the beams wouldn't start on fire and up to bed we went!
The next morning Bill was downstairs again, determined to beat the plumbing issues!
After a time, Bill turned the water off again, and told me he'd be back in a couple hours to finish.
The problem was that I was getting a colonoscopy the next day and the preparation for this test require a bathroom.....OF COURSE!!!
Well, about noon, a friend of the family stopped by so I invited him in for lunch, and showed him the basement right after. Leon is an awesome friend and has a carpenter's service, but is an all around handy man. I thought Bill sent him, because it was so frustrating! Well, Leon took about two hours to undo some of Bill's work and fix the pipes...he was very patient and was on the mend from having wires removed from his elbow (and there he is...using that elbow to reach, solder, and work on the pipes). Leon fixed the leak and we looked further down and sure enough...another leak developed!!!!! I told him it wasn't a bad leak so maybe Bill could fix it! I thanked Leon and off he went! What a Godsend!!!!
Literally, Leon was a Godsend, because, when I thanked Bill for sending Leon to fix the pipes...he didn't know what I was talking about!!!!He never told Leon to come...but THANK GOD HE DID!!!!!!
I am grateful for such a friend that would just step in and step up to help!!!!
Isaiah 65:24 "And it shall be that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear" Thank you for being sensitive to the Spirit's leading Leon and rescuing us and giving us water...beside the flood in the basement!!!!!
We are all so grateful to have running water and indoor toilets....couldn't be more grateful for how much we have!!! Real running water! And not all over the basement anymore!!!!!