Provisions promised

We live in Germany in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (BW). The state government of BW wrote that they would assist financially with the next truck load. To be more precise: The office handling these foreign aid issues informed us that a formal recommondation had been issued to the state treasurer to transfer some funds to our account to help cover transportation costs.
Well - after 14 years - the last three including ample amounts of correspondence - we are surprised to see government taking notice of us!
All the same, we realize that we can only rely on the LORD, as we have been the last 14 years to supply our needs. Only HE knows when the best time is for these transports, what the people really need etc. HE has often directed our plans simply by the way and timing of directing our funds.
A couple of years ago our ware-house was at fullest capacity. On the other hand we had urgency requests from Romania and Croatia - the war still in progress. What was really unique: We had received various "odd" things that were then specifically requested!
But - our treasurer had to wave the red flag - not enough there to pay for transportation.

I called our men together, pointed out how desperately the things we had collected were in demand, but our inability to deliver. I concluded: "The problem is us"!

Well, two of the fellows admitted that they had come to quit the mission, as they were not getting along with eachother. They realized, that their attitudes were sinful, and in front of our eyes asked eachother for forgiveness and embraced!
In the very next week we received a large check from the US easily covering the next couple of loads ...

So we learned what Hudson Taylor insisted on: "Moving men alone by God through prayer" ...

Sybille sent me a true occurence during WWII, that underlines God's at times hard to understand ways to reveal HIS will, HIS resources:

God and the spiderDuring World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on aPacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smokeand the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades.Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in hisdirection. Scrambling for cover, he found his way up a high ridge toseveral small caves in the rock. Quickly he crawled inside one of thecaves. Although safe for the moment, he realized that once theenemy soldiers looking for him swept up the ridge, they would quicklysearch all the caves and he would be killed.As he waited, he prayed, "Lord, if it be your will, please protect me.Whatever your will though, I love you and trust you. Amen."After praying, he lay quietly listening to the enemy begin to drawclose. He thought, "Well, I guess the Lord isn't going to help meout of this one." Then he saw a spider begin to build a web over thefront of his cave.As he watched, listening to the enemy searching for him all the while,the spider layered strand after strand of web across the openingof the cave."Hah, he thought. "What I need is a brick wall and what the Lordhas sent me is a spider web. God does have a sense of humor."As the enemy drew closer he watched from the darkness of his hideoutand could see them searching one cave after another. As they came tohis, he got ready to make his last stand. To his amazement, however,after glancing in the direction of his cave, they moved on. Suddenly, herealized that with the spider web over the entrance, his cave looked asif no one had entered for quite a while. "Lord, forgive me," prayed theyoung man. "I had forgotten that in you a spider's web is strongerthan a brick wall."We all face times of great trouble. When we do, it is so easy to forgetthe victories that God would work in our lives, sometimes in the mostsurprising ways. As the great leader, Nehemiah, reminded the people ofIsrael when they faced the task of rebuilding Jerusalem, "In God we willhave success!" [Nehemiah 2:20]And remember: Whatever is happening in your life, in God, a merespider's web becomes a brick wall of protection.