Delays

Delay!!
Our vehicle has been delayed. The post office failed to contact our base leader about the arrival of a package containing all the documents needed to process the tax-exemption request for our vehicle which needed processed by the time it arrived. Our car arrived about a week ago and is sitting on the Tanzanian side of the border waiting from our tax exemption paperwork to be processed through the government. Every day it sits at the border we pay a storage fee. There were also some “unexpected” fees involved in bringing a car to Tanzania. All together, the extras (that we are currently aware of) are another $2,000. All of this is to say that we will not get our car as soon as we hoped. We feel a little stuck.  Every time we have to go to the store, the doctor’s office, church…anywhere, we have to find a car, a driver, and inconvenience someone that has to wait around while we do our errands, which takes someone away from doing ministry here at the base. Also, it costs about $20 to go to town because we pay per kilometer, not just gas, so we have really limit trips into town. We feel that when we get our car we will be able to take the girls out of the base and experience a little more of Arusha, giving them a break from being at the base every day. We write this to ask that you would please be praying with us, that the paperwork will go through without problems and will be processed quicker than expected so we can avoid paying a higher penalty.
Also, please be praying for our visas. We still have not received our work visas. They have been so slow that now the director of the visa office in town is looking into why they have not been processed yet. We turned our paperwork in at the beginning of June, but still have not received them. Our current tourist visas last another month and a half, but we don’t want to have to pay any late fees or find trouble with the government. Thank you all for your prayers. They are working miracles here in Tanzania. We know that God is in control of all of this, all money, all vehicles, all governmental offices are His. Praise the Lord because He allows us to partner with Him in bringing His plans into our lives. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We love you very much and miss each one of you.