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January 16, 2010 by nhhm

18 hours since arriving in Santo Domingo with no contacts and no idea how we would get to the orphanage.

Now, we are in the office of the Governor of Elías Piña, a more northern, remote border town. Starting with nothing , we now have a Spanish translator, a flatbed piled with food, diesel, and supplies, a safe place to sleep, and will have a UN security convoy traveling with us, and 30 trucks of supply in tow.

100 other stories to tell from today alone, but it is always amazing to see the hand of God guide you and give you peace in these stressful times.

We sometimes seem to forget that what God takes He takes in fire; and that the only way to the resurrection life and the ascension mount is the way of the garden, the cross, and the grave.

“Think not, O soul of man, that Abraham’s was a unique and solitary experience. It is simply a specimen and pattern of God’s dealings with all souls who are prepared to obey Him at whetever cost. After thou hast patiently endured, thou shalt receive the promise. The moment of supreme sacrifice shall be the moment of supreme and rapturous blessing. God’s river, which is full of water, shall burst its banks, and pour upon thee a tide of wealth and grace. There is nothing, indeed, which God will not do for a man who dares to step out upon what seems to be the mist; though as he puts down his foot he finds a rock beneath him. — F. B. Meyer.