I feel the need to count my blessings

March 9, 2009 - Posted by pearsonsprogress

Stressed is desserts spelled backwards!

Well, John came home today (Friday the 6th) from the bank, saying that our Spanish bank just made a new rule to hold our checks 1 month from now on. It used to be a week then 2, 3 and now 4 weeks. The process goes like this:

  • we get our deposit each month on the 5th of the month from Wycliffe, to our USA bank
  • we write a USD check to our Spanish bank and they give us Euros… at the exchange rate of the day, plus, a small fee.
  • we live on those Euros and pay our bills here until the next month.

Well, now we have the dilemma of how to get money for the next month! One thing I know, is that the Lord will make a way for us. My part is to be diligent in all the ways I can. One of those ways  is to start a ‘blessing list’.

Here it is so far:

Today: March 6th, 2009-

  1. a package came in the mail from our Jesseka. A book for John (a birthday gift) and a
  2. Southern Living magazine for me! I look forward to relaxing with it.
  3. The blessing of have had our family here: Greg, Abigail and Preston. They left today but we have so many good memories.
  4. we got a letter from the cable company are giving us a month of free movie & program channels (hoping that we will get hooked… we won’t)
  5. John went to the car wash and because no one is spending any money these days, lowered the price of a 3 ½ minute spray from 1€ to ,50 euro cents.

March 7th, 2009-

  1. I was able to gather enough lettuce and broccoli from my garden/greenhouse for todays lunch.
  2. I started the 3 day process for making my citrus marmalade with the oranges & lemons that we got from friends in the village.

March 8th, 2009-

  1. we had a great day at church
  2. a peaceful church business meeting in the evening
  3. the blessing of sun today

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4 Comments

  1. Judy Hollingsworth says:

    So how do we get $ to you for this month?????

    ... on July March 10th, 2009
  2. Jesseka says:

    wow mom, what a bunch of red tape. I look forward to hearing how the Lord provides and will be praying for that.

    ... on July March 11th, 2009
  3. Jesseka says:

    by the way, what is the purpose of holding the check?

    ... on July March 11th, 2009
  4. pearsonsprogress says:

    Jess,

    I’m sure the purpose of holding the check is to get interest on the money. We will need it next week, so we chat with the manager on Monday. Thanks for praying with us! ~mom

    ... on July March 11th, 2009