The Copeland Ramblings/

Our new lemon!

Check out this sweet ride! Its our new ride! =) God has blessed us with a car. We are so excited to finally be car owners again. We were not planning on getting a car so soon. But the Lord laid it on our hearts and here we are! Its a 1997 Citroen Saxo. I called it our new lemon not because its in bad shape…. but because the brand is Citroen… which is very close to the French word for lemon, citron.

She has a few body problems, has no air conditioning, needs new cushion covers, the headlights don’t work very well and the spedometer isn’t currently working. BUT it has a new motor! She is is great working shape. Its really only the not so important things that are not working.

We really felt it was important for us to buy a car with a few special qualities:

1.Something that we could currently afford with out putting us into debt.

2. Something that did not stand out around us. (None of our friends (Senegalese friends) can afford a car… getting a nice new shiny car would really stand out…)

3. Something that we could take people places.

4. Something that we could learn how to drive with in Africa and not be afraid to scrape up!

We are loving the freedoms of having our own car! Having to flag down and discuss the price for a taxi every time we went somewhere was very tiring. No taxis have seat belts and the majority of taxis are running only by a miracle. Have no idea how some of the cars we have driven it are actually moving.

There are a bunch of places now that we are ready to discover. There is a nice fruit market near our house. But we never had the chance to go there… so we hope to go soon. We are able to quickly drive to a near by restaurant to find local foods incase of need!

Please pray for us… especially Norm, as he is learning how to drive safely in Dakar. Its crazy driving here and on top of that its a manuel car. So Norm is working on getting use to it. He is doing a great job. But it is still nerve wracking since its all so new. Pray for safety and that God would use our car for his honor and ministry!

On this day..

• Intro Video - 2007
• Meet the Mazers - 2006
• Debra is now officially 'OHIPPED'! Ah yes, no mo... - 2005