R.I.P. … dear Peugeot!
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R.I.P. … dear Peugeot.
This is a story about a faithful servant of God who has given her all to the work of the Kingdom. Rising above each challenging occasion she went above and beyond the call of duty… not caring for herself but sacrificially giving … all that she had. At only 28 years old she had attained, in our hearts and minds, the prestigious title of … ‘Indispensable’ .
Now … let it be known that we understand that in Kenya, servants of her kind must be able to ‘take a licking and keep on ticking’ . They must be able to bear burdens they were not ‘designed’ to bear.
Be that as it may… with trepidation and deep-felt gratitude…we offer this story of our dear old car … the ‘amazing french workhorse’ … the Peugeot.
This is the picture when she was first created…
And this is how she looked when she came to be with us…
Alas…. this is how she looked after only 6 months.
But how she threw herself into the work… she heroically carried speakers and chairs…
Motorcycles..
Hundreds of bags of sand…
Hundreds and hundreds of gallons of water…
Scores of twenty foot hardwood poles…
Scores of ten foot fence post…
Hundreds of water pipes that small trucks couldn’t carry up our driveway…
Hundreds of needy people…
And even a baby cow!
She traveled roads where four wheel drives feared to go…
She got stuck in many exotic places that took hours to free her from..
Sometimes she over heated, bless her heart, forcing us to seek water in deserts, crocodile infested waters…
All the while listening to my encouragement to press on…
And she listened… even while losing mufflers,
Gas tanks and other internal parts.
Yet bravely… she continued on… as we bandaged her up to complete the journey!
She has been in emergency rooms all over Eastern Kenya… as they too pieced her back together, enabling her to carry us all the way safely back home.
And though we are eternally grateful for her service and sacrifice… our readiness to lay her down and let her enter into her final rest… has become evident… which you can see so clearly on my wife’s face.
Thank you dear Peugeot .. and may someone rise up soon and replace you…bless you and may you ever so quickly enter your so well deserved rest.
May all who read these solemn words, find it in your hearts to help give this ever so faithful servant… rest. Much love … the StoneHouse Family.