Monday, August 2, 2010

Our God is Stronger

Another story to share...

Interpol clearance is basically like an international background check. And the rules are simple: no interpol, no court.

We were on a tight time table. We were scheduled for court on Tuesday. Monday was a holiday. So we had to have our interpol by Friday in order to have court as scheduled.

Well, it had been more than enough time for ours to have come back. But as of Thursday, nada. So Thursday night, I was worrying (yeah, I should just trust, but this is unfortunately a recurring theme for me).

Friday morning, our facilitator, "S", called to say she'd received word that our interpol was ready, and could be picked up in the afternoon. "L" planned to pick it up from the SDA afternoon. We thanked God. Once again, He provided right when we needed it.

And as we thanked Him, we were reminded of the gates in front of the SDA, and of Isaiah 45:2. Our God is stronger than any iron bars!

I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.
Isaiah 45:2


A little side note... Friday afternoon, "L" called. She was out of breath. She sounded flustered. She told me she'd gone to the SDA to pick up our interpol clearance, but it wasn't ready. She explained that it wouldn't be ready for another 2 - 3 MONTHS. I was speechless. I was furious. I told Zack, and he almost threw up. Then "L" started laughing & told me she was joking. If I could have reached through the phone to strangle her, I just might have done it!

5 comments:

Gretchen said...

I would say that was rather cruel of "L"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mom to Mine said...

Ooooh that wasn't a funny joke!!!

Heidi and Felix said...

We got caught up in the new Interpol clearance thing last year, too. It took 3 weeks for us to get it. My question is...are they still waiting until you get there to do an Interpol clearance? Can't it be done prior to the SDA appointment? Why haven't they changed this process?

Felix

Heidi and Felix said...

We go get Lizzie in Jan/Feb/March/Who knows! I don't want to sit there for three weeks, I'd rather sit here for three weeks and have the appointment and Interpol check already done.

Felix

junglemama said...

How cruel.

Interpol was definitely a rollercoaster ride.