Rejoice with us brothers and sisters in Christ!
Our Visas have left the Indonesian government, arrived at headquarters, and were sent to the American Consulate in LA. Headquarters told us that they were planning an October 1st or 2nd arrival in Jakarta. We realized there was going to be a problem as Mile's brother, his wife, and another couple were coming over for a stay from the 20th - 29th. Nobody thought that we would still be here by then. This condo is too small for 6 people so we prayed then looked into the cost of renting another condo or a hotel to stay here. We also looked at going back to the mainland and told MAF via E-Mail that we might have to leave for Indonesia from another location and we would get back to them once we knew. We were thinking maybe we'd go to San Diego and visit Josh & Allyl and be there for their daughter Ainsley's dedication service on the 25th, visit our daughter Jennifer, her husband John, and our 4 other grandchildren: Jerrod, Dakota, Johnny, and Gabrielle, then back up to Portland to see our youngest son Trent and his wife Kristie and their new house. Of course we would visit friends all along the way. We would be tired but happy at God's provision of a last visit before we leave.
We shared our dilemma with our new brothers and sisters in Christ over here knowing that no answer was "right or wrong", we just wanted God's direction. One couple just off the bat offered, "Why don't you house sit for us? We are going to the mainland on Monday." We gasped at the wonderful offer and promised that we would pray about it and get back to them in the morning. We prayed that God would show us "Why" we should do one or the other. It seemed to us that God had made a provision for us before we even knew we had a need. After much prayer and discussion we decided to take them up on the offer and contacted MAF and told them that we were indeed staying and we would let them know the address where we were staying for sending our visas and passports. MAF responded with a, "That's good that you are staying since your visas are coming to you at the condo and it is too late to change the address. Hope that doesn't cause any problems for you."
Wow! God even knew that piece. It was the answer to our prayer as to why.
We love and serve an awesome God!
Two weeks ago we met 6 professional men from India that are here attending the "Haggai Institute". Haggai trains nationals to go back to their home country and evangelize. These Christian men are doctors, a magazine publisher, and other profesions that are highly respected. They came to Hope Chapel, the church where we have been worshiping and helping out. They didn't have a car and since we "drive on the wrong side of the road over here" they had no desire to rent one. We have been using Mile's dads car that holds 5 comfortably. We piled them in and took them sight seeing that first Sunday, then took them to the beach on labor day (they had that day off from studies) where Hope Chapel had a baptismal service. They rented snorkeling equipment and we taught them to snorkel. We had a grand day! They were so excited to see the bottom of the ocean! One cannot see the beautiful colors of tropical fish, corral, and sea anemones without worshiping the creator of the universe!
Tomorrow we are taking them to the top of Haleakalah for a beautiful sunset dinner.
We are sad to be leaving Paraise behind by the 1st of October but we are glad to get going to our new life in Indonesia.
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