Well Casey & I at 2:30 am Friday morning (Aug 3) got up and ready to meet up with Gayle to jump in her little car and head to Darwin. We got a phone call at just past 3 am to tell us to jump back into bed for a bit as the battery in her car was dead and she was working on finding a new one. The phone rang at 4 am to let us know she would be picking us up in five minutes, she had found a gas station open and a battery. We headed on the road in the dark and about an hour out of Darwin the car died! Now this is the outback and the likely hood of us seeing a car in the next hour was slim. But I was praying and I knew Casey was also and we know God is faithful and what do you know about 15 minutes and a car that was heading to Darwin pulled up. They jump started our car and as we couldn’t use head lights as it was draining our battery we followed behind them till day light. A couple hours into our drive we arrived in Tennant Creek to see if anyone could look at the car as we figured it was the alternator but no one had parts. So Gayle purchased a spare battery and we drove till the battery died again then put the new one in, stopped at a gas station and charged up the dead one. Well we arrived safe and sound in Darwin in the evening (drive is about 1500 km). We were very grateful to Gayle who also arranged getting our luggage in town (her car was to small to bring it) as well as picked it up and dropped it off at out hostel for us! It was definitely an adventure! What’s life without a little adventure!
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