No Ground Gained

Thanks to all of you who have been standing with us in prayer for our living permits.

We had a meeting today with the man who can grant or not grant our permits.

The meeting today did not go well. Still no permits. The man was not favorable to our cause, although he knows it well. He really didn't care about our problem.

We are not done exhausting our options. We asked for a document from this man stating the quota and he gave it to us for last year. Andy met with David Franz, from the US Embassy, immediately after the meeting and showed him the document and they will use it for diplomatic leverage because there are many who want to work in America and he has given 10,000 this year already to Moldovans. Maybe it will help. We don't know.

Phillip Cameroon, (AG from Alabama) who operates Stella's House transitional housing here has a great relationship with several people in the government. He comes on Wednesday or Thursday and Andy is going to see if he can do anything for us.

Keep praying. We have until October 31 and then we have to decide where to go! But we are praying until then. We know God can work a miracle in this situation and we do need it today.

We do not want to leave our home or our work here. We have so much to do in the next months and we need God to do something big. Please pray for a miracle!

Blessings,
Nancy

No Permits Yet

Some have e-mailed us and asked what is happening with our permits. We are still waiting. Andy is going to try to meet with some people this week and we keep pressing on. Pray that these meetings are blessed and that God opens the way for us.

Thanks to all who are praying and please continue to pray for us.

Blessings

A New Understanding

This wait and fight for the living permits definitely has given me a new understanding of others who have gone through this! We are not the first and only and it is not just limited to Moldova. It is a stress of missions that I didn't understand until now.

These next weeks are crucial. We need permits by the 31st of the month and it would be nice if they were even before that time.

This month we have a lot of teams helping us with the construction on the Home of Hope. Teams always add a lot more work to life here and added stress, (although we LOVE the work they do!) But this time I don't even notice the stress of that because this whole "Will I be here in 3 weeks?" is a greater stress. The other day Elissa said, "I don't want to spend Christmas somewhere else!" Three months of exile is a long time for kids!

Please continue to pray and believe with us that the heart of the one saying we cannot have the permit will be changed. Please pray also for peace in our hearts and pray that God would just make a mighty way before us so that the work that is happening now will not be stopped because of this.

We would also like to ask that if any can fast and pray with us on this, that they'd let us know. If you fast a meal or fast a day. Jesus said, "these come out only with prayer and fasting" and I do believe this is a great spiritual battle at this moment.

Thanks for your prayers.