Susannah and I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support!

This past Tuesday morning we woke up at 3:00am to catch the 4:00am bus to La Cruz, Guanacaste.  We needed to finalize plans for the Fiesta being held December 5th.  For those that do not know, this project/fiesta is for the children and young girls in prostitution at the border of Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

The fiesta will be held on Nicaraguan ground technically inside the border because the spot of land we want to hold it at is on their turf.  Their cooperation was just as crucial if not more than Costa Rica's.  I had this gut feeling that we did not have Nicaragua's permission for the fiesta. We had been told by Nicaragua originally that it was no problem, however I could not shake the thought.   Everyone kept telling me that was not true but still in my heart I knew we needed to go talk with them again.  Turns out, God had been leading my heart because when we got there, they denied having any knowledge of talking with us. At first the border police would not even let us through into Nicaragua because of a lack of proper documentation.  Pastor Rudy, a friend and Nicaraguan swooped in and saved the day right as they were giving Susannah and I a hard time.   All I could do was pray as Susannah and the pastor reasoned with them.  God moved and the next thing I knew, we somehow managed to bypass several hoops and twenty minutes later, we were sitting in the office with the man with all the power. We had tried several times before to meet with him and always got the second in command, who was the one denying he knew of the fiesta!  However, the head of all of Immigration was so accepting of our project!  He was a sweet man and so easy to talk to.  We shared our heart and our project and it took him all of five minutes to agree.  When he did the second guy in command looked shocked! ha ha!  (He must have felt bad for giving us the run around because later he acted like our best friend.)  The head of Immigration  told Susannah and I that on behalf of the government he welcomed us with open arms and we were free to work with the young girls and he would do everything in his power to assure us security and help.  In front of us, he ordered the men under him to see to it that every time we were on their side, we were taken care of!  I could have jumped across the desk and hugged that man!  How easy he made it and how easy it seemed that Susannah and I marched into his office as if it was the most normal thing to do. 

By the end of the day, we managed to have security clearance for the fiesta from both countries and special passes by the head of Immigration for both nations.  Despite the heat and exhaustion, Susannah and I could not stop smiling.  Through God, we obtained victory. 

Later that night we met with a group of people from surrouding local churches on both sides of the border to finalize our plans.  The youth has prepared a drama, in which they are so excited about and the women are all chipping in to help us cook all the food for that day to feed the kids.  I am blessed by all the different churches helping and the unity we all feel.  As Susannah and I walked back to our hotel, we reflected on the power of God's goodness in all we had witnessed that day.

On this coming Tuesday, we will once again head to the border to go and personally invite as many kids as we can.  A group of women from the church will come with us to speak with the young girls, who only really come out at night to solicit their bodies, while a second group of women will remain at the church to pray and intercede while we are at the border.  Then later that week we will return again with our small North American team consisting of Susannah, myself, Nina, Brian and Jake.  Those three are flying in to help us and Susannah and I could not be more grateful!

Next week, will no doubt be awesome.  However, please keep us in your prayers for safety, provision, wisdom and that every heart would be moved by the love of God.  I am believing for God's glory to manifest in mighty ways all next week at the border.