Adventures In Boquete: Change of Plans

Our plans to go to Nicaragua did not quite work out. We had been praying for Jehovah's direction and wanting to know what he wanted for our family since we felt unclear on what we should do. The first trip to David to get the bus fare to San Jose we were very excited and then we get there and TraCopa was closed. Very disappointed and my heart was aching! When we got back the Sander's women went home (Aribey and Lori) to tell the news to Ted and I headed to tell Jason. Jason and I both did a lot of praying and then decided that we would try again the next day with the Sanders but if it did not work out then we had told Jehovah in prayer that maybe this was not our time to go. So the next morning we got ready and Jason and Ted were going to get a ride from Brother Liston to David. Before they left Ted came and wanted to talk with us as a loving brother and make sure that we were really "counting the cost" before making the trip. So again we were having what we felt was another sign from Jehovah that maybe we were not suppose to go. Jason and I however decided to stick with our prayers and try to get the tickets one more time. So off to David they went. They arrived at 11:40 am, one would think plenty of time considering the office did not close until 4:30 pm. The lady at the ticket office says "We stop selling at 11:30"! Brother Liston then kindly took Ted and Jason to Pricesmart and back home they headed, with no tickets. We felt then that we could not go against our prayers to Jehovah so we did not make the trip the next day. We were brokenhearted but felt we had made a wise decision. That Wednesday instead of getting tickets we went in the ministry and Jehovah blessed our efforts, I started my first bible study! Friday we baked pizza with the permission of the Sanders to use their oven while they were gone and it was delicious. Saturday after service the kids jumped on the Sanders trampoline and Danielle asked the neighbor girl that came over to jump also, if she would want to study the bible with her. She said "yes" and was so excited because she had never seen a bible in English. I would say, sometimes,with disappointment comes a blessing.