Terry Throssel is a valuable part of our Haitian work party, scheduled to leave last Sunday evening for Haiti and the construction of a roof for a church in Carrefourpoy where we have worked before. His expertise as a skilled worker are an invaluable blessing on adventures like this.
Alas! Terry could not find his passport and the team was compelled to leave--sadly--without him--for San Francisco Sunday afternoon, to then catch a flight to Miami and then to Port au Prince on Monday morning.
While on vacation, I received the frantic news that the flight to Miami was cancelled due to mechanical failure and our work team was forced to stay overnight in San Francisco, to fly to Miami Monday morning and to lay over there until Tuesday morning for a flight to Port au Prince. The urgency was to contact our liaison there--Gilbert Jules--who would be waiting patiently at the airport. Contact was made and the ever-gracious Gilbert commented to me, "Pastor Dale, God will work it all out..." I know Gilbert was smiling. He always is...
Meanwhile, back in Amador County, Terry found his passport! And...you've already jumped ahead...made contact with the team and met them in Miami to fly with them Tuesday morning to Port au Prince. His presence with them will more than make up for the lost day!
Isn't that just like God? He weaves the tangled threads of our plans together and fashions a tapestry of His own divine purpose and planning that leave us all bewildered, yet amazed.
It will be gratifying to see how God uses the story of a lost (and found) passport to accomplish His work in the construction of a roof for the church in Carrefourpoy, where people will now be able to meet together to worship Him, even when it is raining.
God is good!
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