Today is my birthday, and many of you have wished me special happiness on it. Thank you. It’s nice to be remembered by friends, and today, a special friend remembered me with a wonderful birthday present. Actually, it arrived yesterday, but what great lead in to a special day. WE GOT OUR VISAS!!! Yay! Yahoo!! Whoopee! and Praise the [...]
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I have a belated prayer request. Last Wednesday, after receiving the news of Grandpa’s death, my family learned that my Uncle Darrell, who is married to my dad’s sister Adeline and farms in Northern Iowa, fell 27 feet while working in the barn on Tuesday night. Initially, he was taken to the hospital in Fort Dodge; but the orthopedic surgeon [...]
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I know of few brides who plan a wedding without a groom – okay, I don’t know any! – so how I came to be one is a mystery to me; but not to God. And it was He, I believe, who received all the praise from Friday night’s celebration. As my brother Shon said in [...]
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I’m not going to bother with build up. Fred’s visa was denied. The last question on Fred’s application (which we filled out months ago when we first made the appointment) asked if Fred was related to or engaged to anyone living in the U.S. We paused in our progress, recognizing what such an answer could [...]
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In His ever faithful way, God continues to remind Fred and I to trust in Him and to show us why we can. Now that he has a definite interview date, Fred is busy arranging all of the logistics that accompany it, such as transportation, lodging, etc. He began first by inquiring about bus passages. It is [...]
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Yesterday was an important day for us. It began a month ago when Fred was unexpectedly offered a temporary position with Mongeral Seguros e Providências. Impressed with his work and attitude, the company created a new position for him to keep him on staff, and yesterday Fred was contracted as an administrative assistant. This is a tremendous blessing as [...]
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That’s right! I’m home for Christmas – actually, I’m home because my visa expired, but it will be a treat to spend the holidays with my family nonetheless. As for the cold weather, well, I’ll take it (do I have a choice?) but it’s more of a trial than a treat. Most of you know that my [...]
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