Kolonia, Pohnpei
Monday, September 10, 2012
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Revival - Our 1999 Toyota Spacio Vehicle
We are blessed beyond imagination. We sold our 2002 Honda Civic back in the U.S. to our good friends James and Jody Atchley in hopes to be able to use that money to purchase a used vehicle in Pohnpei. We were originally told before came that we would probably need around $8,000 to buy a good, used vehicle from Japan. We were a little bummed about that since we only had $2,500 saved from the sale of our car. So when the girls and I arrived, we began the search for a used vehicle in our price range. Everything seemed really over-priced to us. I went to the relative of one of our Pohnpeian friends if he knew of any used vehicles for sale. It just so happened that he was wanting to sell one of his vehicles that he used for his business. When we asked him how much, he said $2,500. We checked out the vehicle, drove it around and loved it! Again, we are so blessed!
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The vehicle is a 1999 Toyota Spacio from Japan, so the driver's side is on the right, even though we drive on the right side of the road here in Pohnpei. Makes you kind of feel like a mailman or something. :) It seats seven comfortably, although we've already squeezed more people than that into the car. They don't have seatbelt rules here. The speed limit is 25 miles per hour around the entire island. We have named our new vehicle, "Revival" as we believe it is prophetic of what is going to take place here in Pohnpei, Micronesia, the Pacific islands and beyond! Woohoo!
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Christian Young
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