You are never going to believe this…make sure to be sitting down when you read this entry….

!!!MY WORK PREMIT CAME THROUGH!!!

!!!TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!

I am now official till September 10^th 2011!

Just last week I was in Dar es Salaam attending my regional conference and my passport was taken to get the official stamp.  My director asked me “Aren’t you excited?”  my reply, “I am not getting my hopes up, when I see the work permit in my passport that is when I will get excited.”  So I waited and waited all day, wanting to ask about it but I didn’t…I was trying to seem calm on the outside but on the inside I was asking Jesus PLEASE let today be the day.  Then in the evening The Lake Team and I were in a meeting with all our “bosses” discussing ministry and my director handed me my passport not saying anything.  Quickly I opened it up and on the last page I saw it; my work permit!!  I SCREAMED “THANK YOU JESUS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A RESIDENT OF TANZANIA!”  Then I calmed myself down for the rest of the meeting and tried to listen but all I wanted to do was CELEBRATE.  Once the meeting was over I went straight back to my room and did a dance for Jesus, I GAVE HIM ALL THE PRAISE AND GLORY, MY JOY WAS OVERFLOWING!  Once I got it all out I sat down and really looked at it and I noticed I had a Resident Permit C…what did C mean?  So I went quietly outside up to my director and I said “Do I want to be a Resident C?”  he smiled and said “Yes.”  I breathed a sigh of relief and again THANKED JESUS!

Now I want to send out a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have prayed over this situation for me!  I would post a video of me doing a little dance for you, but it would never get it downloaded with the internet here…but know that I did one!  PLEASE know I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS VERY MUCH!!  It is because of YOU and YOUR support that I am able to be here in Tanzania working for Jesus!!  He is ALIVE and AT WORK here in Africa in my life and in the lives of the people around me…THANKS for being part of it!!!