In light of man's judgment, God is usually slow and awkward. He never does anything with the finesse that is characteristic of man's work. He resorts to means and methods that are often very foolish to man and goes in such a round-about way to do His work that it is wearying to the flesh. People who work in the energy of the flesh have little patience with, or confidence in, God's ways. That is why we substitute for God's ways the efficiency of the flesh. That is why the product of today is so often synthetic...Only men of faith can expect His methods to succeed or can have the patience to wait for them to mature. Buell Kazee

We have been house hunting for several months now. We have been doing as we feel that God is leading us to do. Yesterday 2 new houses came up on the internet and so James and David loaded some messages onto the mp3 player and jumped in the car. They drove down looked and ultimately made an offer on another house. The house we are trying for and the house David is trying for are one block apart. Everything looked as if it was FINALLY coming together.

Then we woke up this morning...

The house we were bidding on was pulled off the market and David received word that his documents are not acceptable proof of income (which means ours won't be either.)

It is very easy to be discouraged and start to doubt God. Does He even want us there in Floripa? We have confidence that God is leading us to Floripa and we know we have to keep trying and trusting. We walk through every door He opens and we trust Him to open the way.

We are in a battle, not against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness. Floripa is firmly in his grasp right now and He does not want the Light of Christ to penetrate the darkness there.

Pray with us. Pray that God will continue to prepare hearts to hear His word and receive His Son. Pray that God will grant that our documents be accepted and lead the way to the right houses for us.