Past Provision

After being in Costa Rica for 2 months, we are reminded of many acts of provision by God, through many people in order to make a way for us to come study Spanish for full-time missionary work. I'll recall a few of the financial instances to help us continue to trust in God's mighty hand which is ready to give perfect gifts to His children. As we wait on God to sell our house in Houston and provide for Monica and the baby even without health insurance, we need to recall the incredible ways he has provided in the past.

-My Subaru Forester sold on Craig's List in 2 hours.

-A judge at our church drew up our will probono.

-An oral surgeon who we had never met before gave us a 50% discount when he removed Mark's wisdom teeth. He then sent Mark home with a $100 gift certificate with instructions to "eat some good American food before we leave the country."

-During Mark's three months of unemployment, we paid every bill on time. God took us down to $100 in checking and $100 in savings, but the finances were always there when the checks needed to be written. The accounting never added up to what we needed, but then again, God invented math. I guess he can go above it's natural laws.

-Three days before we left the United States, a couple was visiting our church, "accidentally" found their way into our sunday school room, heard that we needed to sell our vehical, and bought our car for $3,000 above what we were asking.

-While traveling through the US and sharing our vision for God's work in Honduras, we passed through Albuquerque. The aunt of one of our friends offered to let us stay with her at her house. When she realized she would be out of town when we planned to pass through, she insisted on reserving a hotel for us since she wouldn't be there to welcome us personally to her house. We have never met her, but were blessed by her love and generosity.

The week before we moved to San Jose, our pastor said something that stuck in my head. "If everything in your life is explainable with human logic, you may not be living by faith." It's our rich pleasure to watch God use creative ways to keep us trusting and depending on Him. There's no place we would rather be.