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My wife and I are trying to save money so we can transition towards full-time ministry. We've made some significant headway and we're amazed at how the Lord has blessed us in recent years.

However, 2 months ago the transmission in my wife's truck (2002 GMC Envoy) completely failed. $2,600 later it was back on the road again. Last month the same truck overheated because of a cooling system failure. $900 later and it was back on the road again. In both cases we had the cash on hand to cover the repairs, but they ate into our savings. Not too happy about that.

One of the great things about being married to my wife other than being married to a wonderful lady, is that I also married into a great family of believers. My sister-in-law and her husband (Steve) are in town this weekend for a friends' wedding and they're staying at our house for a few days. The ladies are out and Steve and I are hanging out. Whenever we get together we often talk about faith, doctrine and how some "christians" are so totally whacked out in their beliefs. It's refreshing to be with a guy who (I believe) has sound doctrine under his belt.

I've been working quite hard on adding new features to The Vine website. A few weeks ago we added Discussion Forums. Today I'm adding Personal Blogs. Within a few weeks time I hope to re-add Private Messaging. I've also been updating the look and feel of the front page and testing different ad placements. The intent is to have the website become more engaging to our members.

Please let me know what you think. Share your ideas... what works, what you dislike, etc...

Thanks

Steve