Jun. 30, 2007 - A Big Rush, More Food Funnies, and a Prayer Request
We arrived home last night about 11:50 to see Skype frantically blinking orange to get our attention. Uh oh! Number One Son needed help quickly. He'd left his passport back at the flat (an hour commute away) and needed the number for his plane tickets. Honorable parents to the rescue! We found the scan we'd made of his passport and sent him the number. There was much discussion over his name. The employee getting the tickets couldn't understand why his uncle went by his middle name and he went by his first - how odd! :-)
He then told us they had 7 minutes until DHL picked up and 10 new samples for us (that we are desperately trying to get here by the 5th) just came in and they were anxiously trying to check the samples to make sure they matched specs, catalogue them, photograph them, tag them and pack them up before the pick-up. Honorable parents started praying for the DHL man to be delayed and skill for the workers! Kept praying! Occasional messages from Number One Son: "Few more samples to go, keep praying!" "DHL late - praise God!" "Box sealed!" We were so thankful to hear that at almost 1am. "Pray the DHL man comes today - he's never been this late." Uh oh. Lord, unsmite this unsuspecting man ...
remove the delay and get him there early enough to made today's flight. Package picked up at 2:20! Praise God for His merciful answers to prayer!!!
That wasn't the only bit of wildness for Number One today! Last night he realized that he was about out of money - about $2.50 left. He thought he'd fix his own breakfast and ask Honorable Uncle or Honorable Aunt for a cash infusion (that's what he's supposed to do - they are very generously paying his expenses there) when he got to work. Uh oh! They didn't come in today. Guess it's leftovers at the apartment. Double uh oh! Only leftovers are peanuts and chicken in blow-your-head-off sauce. Now, kindly remember that Number One Son grew up in a family that loves Cajun and Mexican food and puts Tony Chachere's and Tabasco on most everything. Still he said, "I was worried it would raise blisters in my stomach!" :-)
Dinner was much better. He attended an elite reception with his Honorable Uncle. The hosts had engaged a Mexican restaurant to cater it. "Um, Asian Mexican is a little weird. I guess you could call it Chex Mex!" ROFLOL Tortillas were made out of something like bean flour - very thin and nearly transparent. Son got a tortilla, loaded what looked like chicken onto it, then what appeared to be salsa ("Well, it had chunks of tomato and stuff, but there was way too much vinegar.") Back to the table. Bite one: "What! That's fish!" Second attempt at another meat was another kind of fish. Finally found some actual meat! He loved the tortilla chips - a favorite at home that he hadn't seen over there at all - "Actually made of corn, mom!"
Off to pack for Number One Son. Please pray for our dear family over there. There is some evidence the Holy Spirit is working. Please pray for their souls. And pray for both Honorable Uncle and Number One Son tomorrow as they travel to renew his visa. They will be spending a lot of time together and we pray for good fellowship for them and that the Lord would use it for good with our family over there! Please pray that friendship would grow between them and that my brother would understand Number One Son better and that Number One Son would be a blessing to them.
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