I just finished listening to Natalie Grant’s version of “In Christ Alone”. I played it as loud as my computer would let me and I sang along. I guess this might be annoying to my neighbors since our house shares the same walls and is designed with a big hole in it! I feel okay though because there is so much noise that I probably only added to the other sounds. I needed to hear that; I needed to be reminded that, in Christ alone I stand, that all other ground is sinking sand. That Christ is not surprised by that. That He stands in victory and that sin has lost its curse on me. I am His and He is mine, and in that power I stand.
Almost a month ago Stephen sent in his passport to get his visa. Since everything we do surrounds around how we can spend the least money, this was the best option so he could be legal in this country. Two weeks later we had not heard from them, so he went in to the office to find that the passport is being help in Managua because the letter we have connecting us with our non-profit is dated 2013 not 2014.
We have to go in and get it, with a new letter, with a translation of this letter, with a translator, and the gracious use of a friend’s truck. Today was the day! We headed out early, the line for extranjeros (foreigners) was extremely short, but the woman at the desk would not give Stephen the visa because the letter was not translated by a lawyer. This letter has already worked for us twice. Very reluctantly she gave Stephen his passport back, and a stamp good for five days ; time to figure out what to do. Our least expensive plan is now heading in the direction of what it would have cost for a trip to Costa Rica, but we still do not have the visa. In the power of Christ I stand.
The second stop was getting the truck we are borrowing in to the shop to be looked at. Abraham was not there so we were asked to come back later. We drove the 15 miles home and then in about 30 minutes we got the call that he was in. Stephen and Roger (our dear friend and translator), went back and just returned home at 7PM. The good news: It cost $24. In the power of Christ I stand.
A discouraging e-mail, a disagreement with Stephen, worry about stuff in the future, and worry about money, ministry, and other people. In the power of Christ I stand
My Experiences In Nicaragua