So Glad We're Not In This Alone!

We had a God moment today. You know, one of those moments where you go "Whew, it's good to know He's there and we're not in this alone!" Let me start by sharing what happened to Larry. A few days ago he called the County Assessor's office to ask about having a letter written that we needed for our dossier that states that we own and live in a house of xxxx square feet, etc. He got a man that was very nice but explained that they would not be able to write a letter the way we were requesting it because they can not prove that we own the house. Hmmmmm....so Larry picks up the deed to our house and heads to the Assessor's office to talk to someone in person. He finds a lady who kindly types up the letter and brings it to the Assessor to sign at which point she says "I can't sign this the way it is written". So Larry ends up in her office and he is pleading with her to help him and they finally come to an agreement on the wording that makes both of them happy. She signs, the nice lady helping him notarizes, he looks at it and quickly realizes it has to be done all over again. See, the notary can not expire within the year and hers expires in April. He apologizes, explains the situation and after re-printing and re-signing they both start a journey to find a notary in the office who is actually there and has a good expiration date. One and a half hours later Larry left and his blood pressure was probably higher but he had the letter in hand. We faxed it to Reece's Rainbow and I swear to you my husband almost cried (not really but I'm sure he at least wanted to scream) when they pointed out that the notary stamp covered words and it has to be clear of any written or typed words. Sure enough, he was going to have to go back.

Larry decided that this time he would first call the nice lady who helped him and apologize profusely over the phone, explain the situation, and hopefully be able to pick up a correct letter later today. At this point neither one of us was surprised when he called and she was out for the day! So he decided to call the man that he had spoken to a few days ago when he first called and see if he could help. He called, explained the situation, apologized profusely and the man agreed to re-type the letter and have it notarized. He decided to scan it and send it to Larry for approval after it was done and sure enough the notary stamp was still covering words! Again, Larry had to call, apologize for the inconvenience, and explain the problem thinking at this point surely they were going to tell him to get lost but would you like to know what the man said? He said "It's no problem at all. This is dear to my heart because I was adopted." That was the most encouraging sentence that Larry possibly could have heard! The man re-typed the letter, had it notarized correctly and it has been approved by Reece's Rainbow! We were so thankful to the Lord for His hand in letting that man be the one to deal with us today. Whew...it's good to know He's there and we're not in this alone!