God's provisions for today

Friday 4-27-06
Today we returned to the lawyer's office and picked up the 12 documents that he had notarized (must be done by an El Sal. lawyer) and other official documents (totaling $75) and went to immigration. After waiting in numerous lines, being photographed and fingerprinted, the process for residency was completed! This is HUGE provision from God. Teri said that she has never taken anyone through the residency process where the official did not send her back to the lawyer or doctor, or somewhere else to get some other document. Teri said the lady today was looking and looking for something to be out of place, but couldn't find one thing wrong. She said that if even one letter of my full name or one number on all those multiple documents were not exactly right, then she would send up away to start all over. But thanks to God all was in perfect order and my temporary residency card will be ready on Wed and my permanent residency card ready in about 1.5 months. (Remember, this is not citizenship...just residence which is mandatory for staying more than 6 months.)

Tonight I packed my suitcases to go to language school for about 3 months. I've got about 4 suitcases worth of stuff here becaue I bought 1 left one suitcase full of stuff when I was here in Dec., then a team from N.Y was nice enough to bring stuff for me, and I bought 2 70lb suitcases with me. I will leave 2 suitcases here. As I was packing, the electricity went out,leaving only the glow of my computer to fill the room. You should try to pack by candlellight! I loaned my flashlight to someone to help get the kids from one part of the campus to another. As I packed, all I could think of was how miserably hot it would be to sleep. I haven't been feeling well, and haven't been able to sleep weel due to coughing and stuff sinuses. I still have a fever...making it even worse. My ceiling fan won't run w/o a fan. Two of my 3 windows (2 in the bathroom) don't have screens, and my "screen door" is only partially covereed in screen. The option of opening the windows/door and covering myself in sticky "Off" bug spray(hoping it worked) just wasn't appealing. I can't tell you how happy I was when the electricity came back on just before 11pm!