God is good

My husband and I will be language and culture students in our new country, but our children will be classified as tourists. This country has a policy that every tourist must leave the country every 60 days to renew their visa. We knew going in that we'd be making trips every couple of months...oh well...that's the way it works. A friend of mine who has studied there before told me that we would only hear from the Visa center if there was a problem with the visa or paperwork. Well, I received a phone call...well actually, a message. I missed the call and the message was very generic. I did not want to be concerned over this. God is after all, sovereign. Well, when I reached the lady the next day she told me that when both parents are language students, this country makes an effort to help them by only requiring exit and reentry every 90 days. Well, that would be good news if I had applied for it. I hadn't and she had all the paperwork in her hand. Which in my mind meant starting all over again and paying another fee or staying with the 60 days. Forgive my pessimistic attitude, but every step in this process has required original copies of every birth certificate, marriage cert., etc. I just didn't see it happening. Then she said, "If you can fax me copies of their birth certificates today I can change it for you without delay or extra cost." WOOHOO!! A small victory, but a victory nonetheless!!!