Virginia here we come- hopefully!

We have had amazing family time over the past few weeks (I'll post more on that later, pics & stuff) but we are now in route to virginia for two months of training. We left at 8am yesterday, making amazing time & our kids are traveling angels at this point. 5 hours in, in flash flood zones & pouring rain, heavy traffic on i10 & our van breaks down! So here we are in Baton Rouge, la with 3 littles sitting on the side of  i10 in heavy traffic waiting for a tow truck. We get towed to a ford dealership who says they can't even look at our vehicle until Monday. We are supposed to report to va by Monday. We know what is wrong with it because it has happened before, water in the engine. We go to enterprise to rent a car for the night and get a hotel, while there, maddy proceeds to choke on a cookie where I am with all three kids by myself. I beat it out of her and she throws up all over makayla, me, Nate, and the floor! Everyone justs stares at us while I try to get my kids to the bathroom to clean up. Thank God for this guy who hangs up his phone to help us while everyone else just stares. He looked like the last person in the room that would have helped, yet he was the one who went out of his way. Reminds me not to judge.  We got a rental and a room. We had major decisions to make at this point, how will we get to va by Monday with all of our luggage? What will we do with the van? Should we fly? What do we do about the hotels we have already booked and paid for? After many phone calls, our uncle has a vehicle we can use for the next 2 months that stephen's parents are bringing up now. We have sold our van as scrap and should continue our journey this afternoon. Props to my husband who has done an incredible job in the midst of a very stressful situation and to all my kids who are so flexible and find joy in everything! Just one of the adventures in the lives of the Alexanders! Praise God for all of the provisions and lessons He is teaching us each day!