The Container

Thanks to all of your prayers, our container has finally been inspected. What a time we had though. It took 5 hours. We had a new inspector and he wanted to open and check EVERY box. Now, we are not opposed to them checking them, since we have nothing to hide...but for instance, our boxes of rice meals...come from the company and are in sealed boxes. I don't know how many he opened (quite a few though) before he finally said, well, okay I don't need to check anymore of those boxes. I have put two pictures here of some of the "fun". Our poor guys were melting in the heat. It was upper 90's outside, but inside those containers was a whole lot hotter. And this time, we were in a sort of blocked in area, so there was NO breeze to releve any of the heat. Then on top of all of that, it was simply check a box and put it in the second container...a LOT of the boxes, as you can see in the second photo, he had us stack outside, to check again. Now we need prayers concerning the cost of the container in customs. We hope to have the final amount by Tuesday, we'll see. Our broker said the head of customs is trying to help us and work with us, but this is Haiti, so no telling how long it will take.On a brighter note...today is the day our grandson heads home to the US with his mama. I know there will be some very happy tears all around. He has asked her each week, for a LONG time, "Will you come to get me this week?" And now it is a reality. Pray for them as they all have to readjust their lifestyle.

I have to include an "Abbie funny" here. She is always coming up with statements that set us to laughing. Well, yesterday while we were sitting at the docks...she said, "Tomorrow Grandpa is going to school." I looked at her and said, "He is? What is he going for?" She said, "He is going to study the Bible!" I responded, "Oh? And who is his teacher?" She gave me that, "GRANDMA" look and said, "The Holy Spirit!" She was so serious, so we tried not to laugh. But do you think she has been picking up on things said around here? One day she decided she wanted to talk to Him, so she asked grandpa if she could talk to Mr. Holy Spirit, too. This is daily quips from her. She is a treasure.

Well, time to get to work and get some things done. Have a wedding to organize, and container to plan for and all the normal working here. PLUS, today we get two new watch dogs from another missionary. She is moving into a smaller place and can't keep them. This, too, should be interesting...

From our house to yours, have a God blessed and wonderful day. Remember, Jesus walks with all of us and keeps His hands on us all the time!!