Land deal

The day we've been waiting for was today. After Don Jorge died, the man who was selling us his property, we've been praying hard that his wife and daughter would be faithful to the spoken deal we made with him and would be able to travel from the city where they live to come and sign papers to make the land officially ours. We knew it would be a long process- there are always complications that you don't expect and lines to wait in. Today was no exception, but we had both asked the Lord separately and together for His hand in the process and for patience with unexpected circumstances. We went in early this morning to meet with our lawyer and check the contracts she had drawn up. Then a slow crawl through morning traffic into the city and weaving about the narrow, steep streets of La Paz looking for a parking garage. Being in a vehicle in the center of town is always a nerve-wracking experience for me as you can never predict what other cars, buses and pedestrians are going to do. We eventually found a place to park and began the journey of getting the papers checked, paying taxes that you didn't know existed before, but seem to always come up, paying land transfer fees, and getting everything notarized. We had a snag in the notarization process and hopefully will get it sorted out tomorrow after the daughter gets her documents worked on this afternoon. So, by tomorrow, Lord-willing, the land should be ours! This is the second time Scotty has had to walk through the busy downtown area with thousands of dollars in cash in his shirt- it's the only way to do transactions! Praise God that all is working out!