I have a big praise!  My student from Brazil made it to Michigan for school.....and I didn't completely bite all my fingernails while waiting to see if she made it through customs with the paperwork I had to figure out for her :)  I am starting to feel like I am learning a little somethin' somethin' about all this immigration stuff....and I am thankful the Lord answered my prayer to allow for this process to go smoothly for my student and her mom.

Can you imagine trying to engineer the building of this structure in Brazil?  I read a story of a class who was asked to write down the Seven Wonders of the World...as they all thought about it, they disagreed on some of the marvels, but the following got the most votes from the class:

1. Egypt's Great Pyramids

2. Taj Mahal

3. Grand Canyon

4. Panama Canal

5. Empire State Building

6. St. Peter's Basilica

7. China's Great Wall

While the teacher was collecting all the votes, she noticed one student had not turned in the paper.  She asked the young lady if she was having a little trouble with the assignment.  The girl replied, "Yes, a little....I couldn't make up my mind because there were so many!"  The teacher replied, "Why don't you tell us what you have and maybe we can help."  The girl hesitated a little and then read her list, "I think the Seven Wonders of the World are....to touch, to taste, to see, to hear, to feel, to laugh, and to love."

(So true, right?!).... I know!

That room was full of silence.

The things we often overlook;

they seem "ordinary" but they

may be extraordinary answers

to our simple prayers for God

to make a way through for us.

Our Redeemer, yes, HE LIVES.