Well, I was able to get up early this morning for the first time in a long time and get some intercession done. Felt great! - Albeit, I was totally drained at school with Nate today and trying not to fall asleep.
Oh, forgot - we were late to school as I had a very important and complicated e-mail to get sent, in order to take care of some crucial matters before time runs out. It was great to have it finished, but stressful trying to make sure I got it right in Spanish and knowing that it was going to make us late for school.
As school, I had to jump right in with Nate and help him make up a test that he missed yesterday in Social Sciences. I was worried. This is not an easy subject for him. He did great though and then immediately had to go do a music special assembly. He did great again. Played the triangle (one of only 3 in the whole school). I was so proud of him. - Then I rushed downstairs to watch Aliana in her first ever Science Fair. She also did a fantastic job. : ) She modeled an experiment on how sodium bicarbonate mixed with vinegar makes a chemical reaction that produces and invisible gas which can inflate a balloon. It was cute and fun.
Then we came home for lunch and the "fun" slowly began. I had a great talk with my Area Director about trying to pull in some money for getting our STL SUV repaired. I followed it up with trying to reach the IRS and figure out where in the world our tax refund is. It is a good amount and we are banking on it to be able to get a lot of important things done - like pay for the repairs to our STL SUV. It is way over due, but I thought "No prob. It it is just a little glitch and we'll quickly have it." - Well 2 hours later, waiting on hold, talking to different people, calling back to clarify our course of action...it is not going to be a quick fix.
Turns out, our return that was filed electronically was Rejected! I don't know why no one was notified of it. One of the SSN's was wrong and that kicked it out of the system. Now it is too late to refile electronically and we have to do it all snail mail, from Argentina! It is going to take 2 months or longer to get our money and we really need it NOW. Not sure what God is going to do on this. We really need Him to do something.
Then we wrestled with what to do now. I tried not to panic as we had that money earmarked for a lot of things coming up very soon and now we don't have it. On top of that, we are broke. Paying for the first round of repairs, having to rent vehicles to go do ministry, etc have tapped us out. We walked all over town tonight trying to run off some of the kids' energy and to find a cash machine that would take Heather's card. Thank You Lord, we finally found one. Now we just need to survive another 8 days until pay day and figure out how we are going to do all we have to do without that tax return.
I still have a lot of tough issues to resolve so your prayers are greatly encouraged.
I know that God will work it out and we will see His intervention in this. It is just frustrating to find ourselves back in the place of needing it again. Grrr.
Lots more frustrations and struggles than I can fit into this one journal entry. It is now past midnight and I am very tired. I'm going to bed because tomorrow is going to make for one busy day. Lots more imperative stuff to wrap up quick.
Love you all.
God bless and give you an easier path -
Paz, amor, y favor del Senor
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