Going through my support account, I see a pattern that is not that pretty. Income is becoming shorter.
This coming semester Patria will go back to college. She only has a couple subjects to go, and these classes have to be taken in Santo Domingo. That means I'll be three days a week by myself (the hardest part) and that she would have to pay for housing and transportation besides what we have budgeted.
Outcome grows, income shrinks. What am I to do? Just trust God.
This coming semester Patria will go back to college. She only has a couple subjects to go, and these classes have to be taken in Santo Domingo. That means I'll be three days a week by myself (the hardest part) and that she would have to pay for housing and transportation besides what we have budgeted.
Outcome grows, income shrinks. What am I to do? Just trust God.
God provided us with income that we didn't plan. Money that has been saved and used for patria's school. God has been faithful, and we haven't lacked anything.
This week Patria and I will be visiting the American Embassy. We will be applying for a visitor´s visa for her. This is the most difficult part. Chances are that she will not get her visa. Again I will trust God for the impossible. Sooner or later we would have to do this. The only issue is that it will cost us about $350 US dollars. That, again, was not in our budget.
Most leaders in our local church will visit our mother church in the states. Patria and I were invited. We are in a tight budget and cannot afford two flights and the costs of applying for a visa. Suddenly the opportunity for patria to cook for a team showed up. She made some money. Then somebody approached me and said "hey I think I owe you $xxx dollars do you want me to pay for your guys flights because I can do that with my credit card".
Filling out the appointment with the embassy I realized that my passport was expired since May. I go to the Passports office and I'm told that my new passport will come in three days. In spite of that I still paid for it and asked the lady if there was a way to get it sooner than that. She told me it wasn't possible but she would see if something could be done. Long story short, two hours later passport is in my hands.
The original document for our marriage got lost (don't ask me how). I go to the office were you'd get such document and the first thing I'm told is that "if you need a copy you should have brought the original one". Patria and I searched the whole house and we didn't find it. The only thing we had was a receipt that said I had paid $50 dollars to get married. I go to the office with this receipt. The guy there takes it, walks away, comes back and tells me go over there and ask for it. Five minutes and $10 dollars later I have my marriage document with me.
Nevertheless, like I said, chances are that she doesn't get a visa, but we cannot tell. The impossible here would be that she gets it. We don't want to get discouraged, nor will we suffer if we don't get it. God is sovereign and He will do what He wants.
This morning I'll meet with The Dominican rising team. We will work on this week's schedule and logistics for the next team coming. We had a great week and we know greater things are to come.
This week Patria and I will be visiting the American Embassy. We will be applying for a visitor´s visa for her. This is the most difficult part. Chances are that she will not get her visa. Again I will trust God for the impossible. Sooner or later we would have to do this. The only issue is that it will cost us about $350 US dollars. That, again, was not in our budget.
Most leaders in our local church will visit our mother church in the states. Patria and I were invited. We are in a tight budget and cannot afford two flights and the costs of applying for a visa. Suddenly the opportunity for patria to cook for a team showed up. She made some money. Then somebody approached me and said "hey I think I owe you $xxx dollars do you want me to pay for your guys flights because I can do that with my credit card".
Filling out the appointment with the embassy I realized that my passport was expired since May. I go to the Passports office and I'm told that my new passport will come in three days. In spite of that I still paid for it and asked the lady if there was a way to get it sooner than that. She told me it wasn't possible but she would see if something could be done. Long story short, two hours later passport is in my hands.
The original document for our marriage got lost (don't ask me how). I go to the office were you'd get such document and the first thing I'm told is that "if you need a copy you should have brought the original one". Patria and I searched the whole house and we didn't find it. The only thing we had was a receipt that said I had paid $50 dollars to get married. I go to the office with this receipt. The guy there takes it, walks away, comes back and tells me go over there and ask for it. Five minutes and $10 dollars later I have my marriage document with me.
Nevertheless, like I said, chances are that she doesn't get a visa, but we cannot tell. The impossible here would be that she gets it. We don't want to get discouraged, nor will we suffer if we don't get it. God is sovereign and He will do what He wants.
This morning I'll meet with The Dominican rising team. We will work on this week's schedule and logistics for the next team coming. We had a great week and we know greater things are to come.
keep in touch. more to come soon.
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