Submitting Paperwork is Not a Desk Job

This week has been a great week!  God has brought many things together and we are grateful.  The paperwork for Aid Sudan's NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) registration got completed on Wednesday!!  We were able to get the final recommendation, after waiting a week, and then we were able to submit.  Wednesday was a stressful day!   I left home at nine in the morning and didn’t get home till around 5pm.  I first had to go by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and pick up the final recommendation and then by the office of the consultants who are helping us with our registration.  I had to wait there because they needed to register our name again with the government so that took some time and then we were off to the NGO board to submit ... or so I thought. 

When we arrived there the people that I needed to see were in a meeting and so we were told to come back at around 2:30. When I arrived back there I was able to talk with the Secretary of the NGO board who questioned me about our name but I assured her that we were going to work in Uganda and train missionaries here while also working in Sudan.  She then sent me back to the other office where I met with one of the officers.  She looked at my file and told me to take it to the cashier to get a bill, but she said you can’t pay at the cashier you have to go to one of the banks downtown and pay there.  Well by this time the afternoon was moving along and I was beginning to wonder if we would make it back.

So here we go to the bank.  I also had my son McCain with me this time and I knew that he was getting tired.  We arrived at the bank, hustled inside, found the place to pay and paid the money to submit our file.  Done!! Great we can go and turn it in!  No, you first have to get an official receipt from counter one.  I turned and looked at counter one and it was full of people all huddled around the window trying to force their paperwork through the tiny hole.  So I jumped in with them.  The lady finally took my paperwork and said that I would have to wait for an hour and come back.  So McCain and I sat down and began to wait.  After many attempts to explain to McCain (who is six) how long an hour is we were back in line and this time it was success!!!  We hustled out the door and back down the road to the NGO office hoping they hadn’t closed.  But God was gracious and we arrived in time to turn the paper work in and so now we just wait for it to be approved!! 

Thursday was a similar day of going from office to office because God provided the money for our car and we now have some wheels!!!!   We thank God because He provided all the money that we needed for this car and He showed us again that He is faithful and will provide!!!