A couple weeks ago a little bird flew into our window. We didn’t know what to do.
Was it alive? Dead? Did it need first aid? Mouth to mouth?
Gradually it came back to its senses and flew off as if nothing had happened.
Today we feel a bit like that little bird. Although we are still in the “stun” phase.
And more than a window it feels like a big wall!
Since this summer we have been working (and you have been praying) as we gathered all the documentation that we needed to request Italian citizenship for Melodee. It’s kind of like life insurance for missionaries: if something were to happen to me, she would have to leave the country without it.
Melodee is the only one in our family that does not have Italian citizenship!
We even hired a lawyer to get it right.
Yesterday, after getting everything in order, we sent in the request, at the lawyer’s office.
And today we received news that Melodee’s Italian citizenship request was flatly denied on the grounds that we did not have state criminal records to go along with her federal criminal records. Unless something drastic happens, all the money and time will have been for nothing, especially considering all the expirations dates on many documents
The lawyer said she would go speak with the office where the decision was made to see if something can be done..
Now what? Only God knows! It’s not quite like in 2006, when Melodee got kicked out of the country…but the feelings are similar.
Would you pray?
- Pray for deliverance.
- Pray for wisdom.
- Pray for peace.
Proverbs 21:1 says: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.”
May God’s will be done in our lives and His name be glorified through it all!!
