Answered Prayer

Mrs. H20 wanted me to post this on the blog so that we can see something that has been prayed for, answered. Most of you know that I am planning on going to Africa this May. To get my visa, I had to send my passport to PREACH Evangelistic Ministries (that's the ministry that I am going to Africa with). So I stuck it in a manila envelope with my visa application and visa pictures. Then I made the silly mistake of not certifying and registering (or whatever you do) to be able to track it. Well, it didn’t arrive in the 5-7 days that it was supposed to take. 3 weeks later, my passport still had not arrived in West Virginia, where I mailed it to, and so I'm wondering... where did it go? I can't track it because I didn't certify it. If it’s lost, then I’d have to spend hundreds of dollars (that I didn’t have) to try to get a new passport rushed to me in a week. Of course, if PREACH didn’t get the passport within a week, then I couldn’t go to Africa, because they wouldn’t be able to get my visa in time.

Well, my parents and I prayed about it, and made the decision that we’d wait on the Lord. If God wanted me to go to Africa, then He’d let my passport get to West Virginia on time. If the passport didn’t arrive, then I’d take that as a sign that He didn’t want me to go. What do you know, but just a couple of days before the deadline for my passport to get there, the secretary of PREACH called and said, “your passport and visa application came in the mail this morning!” So more then 3 weeks after it had been mailed, and after about 2 weeks of nervous waiting, my prayers were answered. Praise the LORD! His mercies are new every morning! I am now excitedly waiting for the departure date, and have learned how to trust a little bit more in my Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you, Jesus!

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