Just Another Day At Immigration

Jeff has been at Immigration for a few days now trying to turn in paperwork for our residence permit. The first day, after waiting a few hours, he spoke with someone who told him to wait and she would get to him. After waiting another 2 hours, he saw her collecting her bag and when he questioned her she stated she had forgotten him and to come back in the morning. Needless to say, it's a week later and we are still trying to get results. I thought maybe it would help if I went, so yesterday we arrived at 7am to see only 7 other people. However they didn't have the usual numbers to give out so we were told to keep track ourselves who came first. By 8am we were speaking with a lady who gave us a form to fill out and said to come right back to her. Five minutes later we returned only to be told they had found the numbers and were given #88. By 10am it was our turn only to be told that Jeff's photo was too large (the photo shop told him it was the right size!). We were told to get a smaller photo and return with a typed letter stating that he is totally supporting and in control of me! By 11am Jeff was back with the items only to be told they had lost the paperwork! By noon it was found but he was told the computers were down. They wouldn't allow him to take the paperwork with him so he stayed there to make sure they didn't lose it again and to keep his place in line.  At 4pm he called to say he was coming home.  The computers had not come back up so they told him to come back on Monday.  Of course the papers were left with them so who knows where they will be on Monday!

As Believers we should constantly strive to be more Christ-like.  We might have lost track of that during our frustrations of the day, but we reflect on Romans 5:3-4; "We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces patience; patience, character; and character, hope" and resolve to try again on Monday! And as we read Matthew 6:25-34 once again, we know that God REALLY will take care of everything and if He wants us in Botswana, the paperwork will get taken care of.  Of course, there is that little thing about "His perfect timing..."!

(Posted by April)