Finally, Visas and Airline Tickets

There have been so many things taking place these past two weeks.  We received a call a few days ago from the travel agency that our visas are on their way from the consulate into our possession.  Today, we drove into the city to pick up our visas and airline tickets! FINALLY!  It was a beautiful sight seeing all those visas in our hands at last.   Lately, Mike and I have been thinking about the past 3 months and of what seemed like ups and downs regarding processig these visas.  At times the temptation to be frustrated seemed overwhelming.  We learned that the letters we thought we needed and had been delaying our trip were never really needed in the first place!  "Wow, that's amazing!", was our thought.  Had we known what we know now, we could have left over a month ago.   The Bible tells us that God's timing is perfect, so we reminded ourselves that we can find comfort in knowing that God's hand is on everything, including His choice of when we should depart for Ukraine.   What could be viewed as an inconvenience and extremely frustrating information is really, when we listen and trust God's word,  can clearly be seen that God is saying 'Beloved, not yet in August, but okay, now in September.'   He really does love us deeply, and has good intentions for us.   He is a good and perfect Father.  These past few days have been a good reminder of that.