Sooo Thankful!

Wednesday is our day to go out.  Piano lessons, and any errands for the week. (with hopes we don't have to go back out because we forgot something!  =)
Rebekah is driving really well now, and I let her drive everywhere we go.  So does Travis♥.  The only times she doesn't is if it's after 9pm, or if we're running late for something.  =)
After all our errands Wednesday, we went to pick up Travis from work.  He was working in town that day.  He was putting away the last few things, and then said he'd like to drive.  I was a little surprised, because he likes to let Rebekah drive all she can.  I asked him why he wanted to drive, and he said, "I don't know.  I just want to drive this time."
We left, and just a minute later, I felt something... like we'd run over a cardboard box...
"What was that?"
Suddenly, Travis had no power steering!  We were turning, and it became very difficult to steer.  The battery gauge was low.  What had happened?
The alternator belt had broken. [We later found out something(s?) else was/were broken/not working as well, but I forgot what.  We now have another van! 5/12/10]  We called Travis' Mom to come pick us up, and he got the van turned around and we headed to my brother's who lived near there.  The van overheated and we had to pull over for awhile.  We finally made it to my brother's house and Travis' Mom arrived soon.  I'm so thankful for family!
And I'm VERY thankful this didn't happen while Rebekah was driving!
We had left the house around 1:50pm that day, and this was around 5:45.  She had driven to Grandma's, her cousin's house, the bank, piano lessons, US Cellular, Walmart, the library, then to get Travis.
I think the Lord knew Travis♥ should drive then.  =)