August 1st Tidbits

• Today, Noella's grandpa is having bi-pass surgery on one of his legs to increase his circulation in the lower leg. He has been in pain for some time now with this particular issue that has prevented some open sores from healing on his feet, which has not allowed him to walk much either. We pray this will be a successful surgery for him and that his heart will be able to sustain the anestesia once again. He will be in the hospital for 5-7 days baring no complications.
• This past Tuesday Jennie, Miguel & Diego went to the capital city of Santiago to pay their visits to the US Consulate. We rejoice with them and praise God that Diego received his US citizenship and Miguel received his Visitor's Visa without any problems. I know there were some amazing circumstances that God orchestrated for them during their visit...having accomplished both tasks in 3 hours is a miracle if you have any experience working with bureaucracy internationally. I'll be sure to direct you to their site when Jen posts the full story. However, in a nutshell this means they will finally be able to travel to the US as a family. A complete 2008 Fisher family reunion just might become a reality for us!
• We are excited also to officially share that Ben & Melissa are expecting baby #2 in February. So a huge congratulations to them and to Maddie for her big sister role soon to come!
• We praise the Lord for His provision of increased support in the past week that now brings our support need under the $1,000 mark. However, it will not be enough to send us back on that plane in September, so we are making our plans for a prolonged stateside visit. We have now heard back from all the new churches we presented to in the spring and received negative answers. We are working hard at filling up our fall schedule with new churches but it is a very difficult task, so if anyone has leads please pass them along. Pray we will be faithful to the task God has called us to and that we will have patience and peace as we wait for Him to reveal His timing for our return.