Washing Machine

About 2 weeks ago Erin mentioned seeing a water spot on her ceiling in her room downstairs.  We did some exploring and didn't find any source, just lots of pipes up above that went to the laundry room and bathroom.  Last Friday, I was doing laundry and when it was done I noticed that the machine hadn't emptied.  So I put it back on the spin cycle and we went to get Luke off the bus.  I didn't think about it until after dinner, and I checked and sure enough still water.  So I hit the spin button again and then went and n the washing got the kids ready for bed and came back, still water.  Not good.  So I decide to run the washing machine again without clothes in it to see if it will drain.  NOPE.  I send Joe downstairs to check Erin's room to see if there is any problems, and sure enough about 3 ceiling tiles were soaked with water.  We moved the dryer and washing machine away and found lots of water on the floor, but don't know where it is coming from.  So after cleaning up the water, getting the wet ceiling tiles down and putting plastic and storage bins under the pipes downstairs, we went to bed with visions of either a) having to call a plumber and fix the broken pipe, 2) having to buy a new washing machine, or 3) both.  Saturday was the day Joe ran in the 5k race and got 8th place (way to GO!!!), and then were was a festival in our town that the kids enjoyed.  So after getting the kids to nap, we went and saw that the floor was dry, there was no leaks from the pipes after running water down all the pipes.  So it had to be the washing machine.  Joe figured out it was a problem with the water pump (pumps water out of the washing machine). However, you  have to order this part and can't run to Lowe's and get it.  So we did some laundry at a friends house, and prayed the part would come and would solve the problem.  The water pump arrived on Tuesday, and while Joe was at work we had a Missionary Engineer who happened to be staying with us for the week put in the part, and it worked!!!!  So we have been doing laundry like crazy to get caught up before our trip to see Jonah and Thomas this weekend!!!