Ever Faithful

We promised to tell of God’s Faithfulness and will continue to today. Had we written an update over the past few days (as I know many of you were anxious for!) you would likely have heard of more frustrations, of doubt, of backup planning, but we had boldly (was it foolishly?) proclaimed that we were choosing faith. Our faith often falters but His Faithfulness never will.

I will admit that after hearing nothing new all week and into the weekend we had started checking into alternate flights which, between ridiculous costs and even worse itineraries, we’re not looking pretty. By yesterday we had all but resigned ourselves to postponing the return trip and forfeiting a few details like a direct route, a Grand Rapids arrival, reasonable price and our extra family day during the layover. This morning a last minute check gave no more hope, but we decided to head off to church in Lusaka and pick our poison when we got back.

Just as we were walking out the door the phone rang. It was the Consular himself calling to say that he had been given the green light to process a few of the many waiting visas and had chosen ours among them. We headed straight there and he met us in the parking lot in workout clothes. When I joked about his appearance he admitted that he had just come in to use the Embassy gym and decided to check his email first just in case. When he saw the permission to print the visas he assembled core staff to process them and it was ready when we arrived. We were only about a half hour late to church, which isn’t far off from what we would be on a normal Sunday!

Since we hadn’t selected a new flight, our original tickets or hotel were never cancelled, so we are back on track without having to make any further changes. Now I just need to start packing! There are a few other details and amazing chapters to the story that I won’t publish here until we are safely home and, obviously, many human hands were at work in the process (thank you so much Dan and Rob), but once again God has delivered and proven his faithfulness. Please join us in thanking Him and, as I said:

We will see you soon!