Customs

Our things have arrived down here but we already had a not too good run in with the customs official. We received a phone call today to come down just to talk to the customs official. So we prayed before Chris went because I was here watching over the radio station for Addy. I was changing over broadcast channels so they could air the Pine ridge meeting live.

So here is the scoop.....Chris went and was nice and honest and decided it wouldn't do any good to be anything else. The official was quite young and was very full of himself....knowing he could really charge us a lot. He told Chris that we need to declare a value total of our things and that he would charge 45%!
The man that brought our things down said he would talk to the official on our behalf and that we probably wouldn't be charged that much. So the next meeting with the official is Tuesday evening.

Please pray that God will soften his heart to grant us some mercy and not charge us a bunch of money. We are confidant that the Lord will watch over this situation and help us because its out of our hands and there is nothing we can do, only God. So we are praying.

Mat seems to not be coughing quite so much today but the girls are coughing a little worse. Mat had a bad night last night so I'm guessing the girls will have one tonight. We are praying and using all the supplies that I brought to treat the kids. The dogs seem just fine and I feel like I'm fighting something but haven't completely come down with it yet and Chris said he feels fine still.

Hugs to all our loved ones and friends back home!
We sure enjoyed the 3ABN homecoming programs today......what a blessing!