The Real Test For Any Choice

While it could be looked at as an illustration of spiritual realities, it contains inappropriate material (the scenes you fast forward or look away during), The Matrix movie gave me something. Words. "The real test for any choice is having to make the same choice again, knowing fill well it might cost." The Matrix Revolutions

LAST YEAR the Lord placed indications before me, that I prayed about, sought council on, and once received sufficient confirmation, I decided to act on. Anyone remember Austria?

-My "grid" for interpreting and trusting in God was shaken to it's X and Y axis and it took me weeks to conclude that this could happen, and God could still be good. And after that point I was faced with another choice.

THIS SUMMER the Lord placed indications before me, I prayed about them, sought council, and found repeated confirmation, and then I decided to act on it.

-It was such a relief to see things coming together. I was very encouraged even though the choice was to trust Him, just after I watched "the death of a vision" (as some missionaries put it) that was conceived in the same way.

Financially, things are going well. That was my biggest hurdle with Austria. But I remind myself and others that the funding ia no assurance of anything. I still need God's grace to get in! I write this because I'm beginning to feel my smallness in the grand scheme of things, again.

Tonight I received an e-mail from my hosts overseas. They have come up against some opposition regarding their Visas. I'm trying to handle my Visa paper work here in America because of their reports. After reading that they might be deported in January... I don't know what's ahead...
Will they have to leave? Will I be able to (should I) goif they are deported? How come is this happening to them THIS year? How can I expect tobe able to stay and not have similar VIsa issues? Is this going to fall through, just like Austria did???? What should I do?

The only thing I can do. Pray.

So please pray for us. Please please. People who write letters often under-emphasize prayer's significance or tag it on at the end of their communication. My plea isn't for lite weight prayer, we need your hard core prayers! This is no small battle we're in!

Sorry for any type-o's I don't have the chance to polish this post before getting it out to you all.
yc