Finally, we are at SFO, I get my luggage and situate myself so I can maneuver my bags. I walk up to the ticketing counter, put my check-in bag on the scale and proudly announce, "I here to check in for my flight."
I open up my carry-on purse and pull out the famous purse pouch. I smile to myself becasue, see I did not forget it. I look and NO passport. I move the items around and NO passport. then it hits me like a ton of bricks. I left it in the copier in my home office. My heart sinks. I look once again, I can't believe I have done this again. trying to buy time I give the representative my Driver's license and pull out my cell phone.
Okay, okay, I now you want to know how I left my passport in the copier. Well, the night before I was reading things online about traveling internationally alone ans some precautions one should take. Many of the sites said, make a copy of your passport and leave with family members in the states in case something happen. they also said I should have copies on my person to hand to hotels that require having your passport on file. This way you don't have to give them your original. So after reading that I went to make copies of my passport. However, after making the copies I never put my passport back in my pouch purse.
So now I am on the phone wth my sister, Jessica, again. She is at work and I ask her to go to the house and get my passport out of the copier and drive it to a meeting place I will tell her so someone can meet her and bring the passport to me. I look at my watch while I am talking to her and see that it is 11:02 AM. The plane does not leave to 1:55 PM. So we have more than enough time to. She agrees to do and I ask what is the latest I can check in for the flight. They tell me 1PM.
My next phone call was to Mother Pryor, I could hear the disappointment in her voice when I told her what had happened. She called my name "Linda" like only a mother could do. She said she would pull off the freeway and wait for instructions where to meet Jessica because she had to get back to get her grandson by 2PM.
I called my middle sister, Stephy to see if she was off work. Unfortunately, she was at work. My plan was to have Jessica drive to her and Have Stephy, who is a fast driver like myself bring the passport to me. But she was at work. I asked if they would let her leave ans she said it was just two of them in the Pharmacy and she would not be able to leave.
Then I called Kelsi, a friend that lives in Richmond. I need to have a backup plan. I asked her if she had time to help in this situation. She was willing to do whatever was needed. She also suggested that I let Mother Pryor go so she could get back to ensure that she was there for Caleb. I told her it would be easier for us to Vox. I hung up with Kelsi and called Mother Pryor back. I told her she could go that Jessica and Kelsi would make sure that I got my passport. Then I waited.
I looked at my watch it was about 11:20 now. I hadn't heard from Jessica about her leaving the house. Kelsi and I were trying to figure out the fastest route. We were going back and forth and Kelsi reached out to Rein. rein advised her that meeting up in Oakland would be best. So Kelsi told me to have Jessica meet her at Powell street in Emeryville.
I called Jessi and asked where she was and did she have my passport. I was expecting her to say yes. but her answer was I am just leaving my job. I looked at my watch. I was like okay, as long as she gets there and leaves by 11:45 we should be good. Kelsi had told me from Emeryville it would take her 30 minutes if there was no traffic. So I knew it would take Jessica 45 minutes to an hour.
I get a call from Jessica and I look at my phone it is about 11:50. She was looking in the wrong place for my passport. I explain that it was in the printer/copier. She said okay I got it. I then instructed her she needed to hurry because I needed to get the passport by 1PM. I told her to call me when she was on the road so I could have an estimate of when she would be able to meet up with Kelsi. I mean she has my passport in hand nothing is stopping her from walking out the door right now. Right?
I go back to the ticketing counter and asked what is the absolute time I could check in. the lady I spoke to told me no later than 1:10PM. Whew, 10 more minutes. I breathe a little but from this point on NOTHING can go wrong. At about 11:59 Jessy calls and says she was on her way. I flash a bit but I hold my peace. For the first time, the thought crosses my mind she is not going to make it. I immediately push it out with an outspoken statement, she HAS to make it. Now I forcing myself to think positive. If God could part the Red Sea, surely he could get my passport here on time to me. I prayed that there would be no traffic or accidents and everything would flow well. NO delays. Then I looked at my watch and pleaded for God to slow time for me like he did for Joshua. I should have asked for God to STOP time, or make the Sun stand still which is what he actually did.
I called Jessi for a progress report and she was just approaching Tracy. Then I got a thought. I said I know that you are driving, but see if you can take a picture of the data page of my passport and text it to me. Be Safe but let me know if you can. NOW, I know someone is going to say, OH no you didn't put that girl's life in danger to do that for you. But sadly I did. I told you this was going to be the real and the raw. I am not going to leave stuff out because it makes me look bad or sound bad. So yes, I did that. Now I know you can't text and drive safely, that whole thought process was wrong on so many levels. My only excuse was this girl was desperate and desperate times calls for desperate measures.
Needless to say a few minutes later my phone chimed with a text message and there it is. I look at it to make sure all the necessary information is on the pic. I blow it up and everything is there and it's readable. I got back to the ticket counter and asked the rep there if they can check me in with the pic of my passport. She looks and says no she needs to scan it. I walk away a bit defeated. I was hoping that they would have been able to do it.
My thought process was...they would see that I had a passport. Check me in on the flight and get my luggage to the airplane. then I could continue to wait for for my passport and run to get on the flight once it got there. But this way I would not miss the check in time. My thought was that would give them more time to get there with the passport since the plane did not actually leave until 1:55 PM. So hearing that she needed my physical passport. I whispered a prayer as I walked back to sit and wait. I asked God to grant me favor. Let the plane have to be delayed allowing them enough time to get here with my passport. I checked in with Jessica again she was entering the Altamont. Now in her defense Jessica was making very good timing. But with a time restraint, I was praying that she would drive faster. I looked at my watch and it was about 12:35 now. For the second time, I thought she isn't going to make it. The drive from that point was still about 20-25 minutes. Once again, I prayed that there be no traffic to slow her down. But once she got to Kelsi, there was still 30 minutes before they would get it to me. I breathed deeply and thought, God let them make it.
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So here we are, it's April 23rd. I am now excited all over. God has done some great things in my behalf and I finally get to begin my journey. I have my bags repacked. No, I did not unpack then but there were some requirements on weight that I wanted to make sure that my bags met so I would not have to pull things out while I was there. I did not want anything to hinder me getting on the plane. I have my purse, that I left on Tuesday, securely in my carry-on purse bag. So I will not forget it this time.
I got up about 6:30 AM and get dressed. Then I run a few errands. I needed to go to the ATM and get cash for gas and toll money for Mother Pryor. Who had so graciously said that she would take me to the airport. I collect the mail, pull my mother's car into the garage like she had asked me to do. Now all I have to do is wait for Mother Pryor to come. I sit on the couch in the formal living room and I wait. I say a simple thank you, Jesus, for your grace and mercy. I am a bit anxious. This is really happening this time.
Finally, Mother Pryor arrives and calls me to tell me she is outside. We load up the car. She drives down the street to the gas station and I get out to pay for the gas. As I am returning to the car, I get an unction to check my purse for my passport. I know that I have my purse because I showed it to Mother Pryor prior to getting the gas. However, I shake it off as me being a little nervous because of what happened the last time. The unction takes a while to settle down, but it does.
I take our some donuts and water, so I can eat so I can take my Malaria pills. As I 'm waiting for her to pump the gas I get another unction to check for my passport. I dismiss it with a chuckle because surely I would not forget my passport again. That would be insane. That's not even like me. Tuesday was a fluke. So I continue to eat my donuts and again the unction fades. Mother Pryor gets in the car and head to the freeway. We chit chat and laugh and everything seems to be right.
Now my nerves begin to kick in about flying solo. It was one thing when Evangelist Rein and I would be traveling together, but now I would be traveling alone. I feel a bit of anxiety about getting on the plane, but I think it's because of what happened on Tuesday. However, even then I did not check my purse. I reaffirmed to myself that everything was done. My check-in bag was 33 lbs and my carry-on suitcase was 10 lbs. I'm within the regulations. I had everything I needed.
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So now it's is April 22, 2015 and I have to admit I was not excited to still be in the USA nor was I looking forward to making this call to Priceline. So I slept another hour. When I woke up I saw that I had messages from Rein on voxer, Rein's mom, and Stephanie. I did not have anything to report yet so I ignored them all and fixed me something to eat. I did not want to talk to anyone until I knew what God would say.
I don't know about you, but I get weird wen people try to encourage me but all the while make me feel worse. I just did not want to hear the cliches. I just wanted to know what God would say. After breakfast, I checked a few emails, and then I said okay Linda... time to stop stalling. Call Priceline. The moment of truth was here.
I dialed the number and got another representative.I began to explain my situation and she saw all the notes that had been made the day before. She asked me a few questions, put me on hold and came back with the authorization from China Southern to get on the Thursday flight. I smiled. She hen figured out what it would cost me to get on the flight with all the change fees and would you know it. It was $10.00 cheaper than the originally quoted price. My mouth dropped. Did God just do it again? Yes, he did. She informed that I would get a confirmation email in 2-4 hours.
Stephanie had put a fleece before God the night before and God had answered. So now I got busy, cleaning, doing laundry and tidied my room. And because I knew that my luggage could only be 40 lbs and my carry on could only be 12lbs. I made sure that they were and put then at the front door. Along with my purse like carry on which had my PASSPORT in the purse like pouch. I would not forget it this time.
When I got the email, I called Priceline just to confirm everything was done right. I did not want to take any chances. When I got off the phone, I did a two-step to the Lord. It was done. Once again, I would be on my way to the Philippines. Pastor Cailing had been messaging me and asking where I was. I told him what happened but that I would be leaving the next day so I would see them when I got there. He said the intercessors would be praying for me and safe travels.
After everything was done and confirmed. I got busy working again on my publishing projects. Now as I pondered on the events that led up to this. I know now that God was teaching me to trust him. As I stated before I would rather worry than trust, anyone including god. So I believe this was showing me that God was in control and he would work it for the good.
I am so quick to jump to being the victim in a situation. I am quick to believe that God would do harm than good. that somehow I don't deserve good things to happen to me. That the miracles, I hear about God doing the impossible, somehow are not meant for me. I know that is the immediate lesson but why I had to go through the missing of the flight. the truth is at this point I don't care all I know is I'm one more step closer to completely trusting God, first. So the journey continues.
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My phone rang and it was Stephanie. She was calling to encourage me and being the woman of God that she is, she helped me by giving me the portion that I lacked as a loan. Tears flooded my eyes and rolled down my checks because iI get had the money that I needed. So i put her on hold and called Priceline back but I couldn't get through. I know now that my trip number had been reported as a no show so it was not showing in the automated system. At that time, I was frustrated. So I got on my computer went to their site and opened up a live chat session. During that chat session they gave me a number to call in and speak to a person.
Talking to the Representative at priceline and going through what I had gone through just a few hours earlier, he comes back and says the price of the ticket has raised to 518.30. However, with I knew that would take all that I had but I could pay that amount. We started the process and as he began to take my information, he started calling my name and aksing me if I was there. I kept saying I am here and then he disconnected the phone. I told stephanie that I was having trouble getting through. So she said just take my information and put the money in your paypal. Then handle your business and let me know what happened. I agreed.
I then called back into Priceline and get another representative. She takes me through the same process as the others but then she says I need to call China Southern to get an authorization for you to get on the flight. I said okay. She placed me on hold and after a while comes back to say that she was unable to get China Southern on the line beciase their office has already closed. I asked her to check to see if the others had already gotten an authorization. She says she does not see it in the notes. Now you have to know that all these calls happened within 4-5 hours. She tells me that I have to call back in the AM because there is nothing that she can do. She verifies that the price is still 518.30, however, she says again that they can not guarantee the price and it may go or even go down by the morning. Frustrated and helpless, I hang up the phone. I sigh deeply. I need to be distracted. So I start working on my publishing projects.
As I worked on my publishing projects, My thoughts were going all ver the place, I remembered how God had rebuked me for thinking that this was not suppose to happen, that maybe he really did not make this happen for me. A peace fell upon me and my mind quieted, I heard God say "Trust Me." I admit trusting is a hard pill for this girl to swallow. The unknow was facing me but I had to choose to trust God. I could hear my voice from a few nights before telling rein and Stephanie, "Either we trust God or we dont." Now I had to live those words. I was able to focus on my projects. I got engrossed in reading emails and making phone calls and then my phone rang again.
It was Stephanie calling back to see what happened. So as I explain to her what happened and how I am going to get a ticket for Thrusday's flight no matter what and Stephanie stopped me and said, "Listen to me, you got to sit still and hear what God is saying in this situation. Right now you cant hear God because you are too emotional." It was like a slp in the face. it got my attention. I remember taking offense a bit but I listened to what she was saying. The last thing I wanted was to miss God.
As I listened to Stephanie, and even though I did not want to hear what she was saying, she was right. I also knew that I could not completely hear God in this situation if I did not journal. Most times the healing from my brokeness comes from journaling and somehow God takes over and begins to speak through me. However, I knew that if I began to journal in the state of mind that I was in it would turn into a pity party. Like Stephanie Said I had to be still and rest. No plotting, no scheming and no manipulation. Just pure rest.
I had to release my fears, and grab ahold of my faith. I was running scared right now and God could not operate in my life like he needed. Stephanie said let's pray. Her pray was not the usual God work a miracles and make it happen but it was a simple prayer, "Lord have your way." In her prayer she said that when I called in the morning that if it was meant for me to go, the price would be the original price quoted or less. If it was not meant for me to go it would be more. I remember holding my breath and refusing to thik in that moment. I rebuked any negative thoughts. and simply said "Have your way Lord."
I remember being a little worried, but I heard the words again, Either we trust God or we dont. We chatted a few minutes more and hung up the phone. I decided not to take anymore calls or talk to anyone else that night. I would shut down from working and rest like Stephanie had said. I didnt want any other opinions to flood my mind. I just wanted to know now what God would say and I would not find that out until the morning.
As I got ready for bed, I heard God say, "Trust Me." I whispered Lord I believe but help my unbelief. I went to bed.
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So I am now back at my home. I'm defeated and embarrassed. I leave my luggage in the car because I don't even want to think about I was supposed to be on a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean right now.
I went into my room and gave myself 15 minutes to wallow in this depression that was creeping over over. I cried, I screamed and I said every thing I could say to get my anger out. I was so frustrated, I got a pillow and punched until my arms hurt. then when the 15 minutes, well maybe a total of 30 minutes, was over. I washed my face.
I went to my desktop and at down to begin making plans to get on the Thursday flight. I called China Southern first. I was hoping they would have better news than the ticketing agent had at SFO. However, they did the same told me to call Priceline. I went to their website, to confirm that there was a flight on Thursday. Then I called Priceline.
I told the Representative what happened and they conformed that there was a flight on Thursday on China Southern identical to the flight I would have been on today. Which means I would leave at 1:55 PM on Thursday April 23rd. For the first time since realizing I left my purse I smiled. There was a ray of hope. then the man I was speaking with told me to get on the flight I would have to pay 200.00 change fee to China Southern, $30.00 fee to Priceline to make the change and the difference between the price of the ticket I had paid for and the new ticket. The total was $463.30. I thanked the ticket agent. Told him I would call back.
I checked my accounts to see if I had the money to pay and all I had was $300. I was short $163.00. So I said to myself, "God this is when you step in."What do I do now? Help Lord!"
Now the ticket agent told me that he could not secure the price and if I called back later the price could be different. It could go up or down. At this point I was not phase by that becasue I didnt even have the amount he was asking for. I had to wait on God. I asked a few friends that knew what was going on, to pray for God's intervention.
I can admit my faults, and at this point I felt doubtful. I even began to questioned if I was really suppose to God. I had questioned it on the drive back to Stockton and God had rebuked me strongly. He forced me to remember what He had done up to this point. However, here was another impossible situation and why does it always have to be hard for me? Why do I always have to fight for my blessings? Why cant things just go as planned for me?
I knew that Stephanie might not know so I got on FB and sent her an inbox ato inform her what was going on and bought her up to speed with the latest news. then I said, "Help Lord!"
I wanted to post something on FB and ask the people of God to pray like they had prayed before, this would be waht I would normally do. this time however, something said no. I could hear Stephanie saying not everyone is supporting you that says they are. You cant tell everybody everything. The One thing I knew was I wanted God to work this out and I did not want anyone to hinder or speak negatively. So I did not post anything. I didn't even call my mom to tell her that I missed my flight. I would wait on God to speak and move on my behalf. I did not want to manipulate the situation at all. So I vowed to myself that I would not tell anyone else at this point until God fixed it.
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So my mother and I hang up the phone and I reach for my carryon bag to get my little purse pouch with my passport in it. and OH NO! it's not there. I look in my seat, nothing. I look on the floor of the car, nothing. Now my heart begins to pound. I look again just in case I missed it. It's not here!
I think back, did I take it in the bathroom with me at the gas station. No I took was my phone and I had my phone with me. So I look again. Now Caleb asks is something wrong? I can see the concern on his face. I keep looking. Where is my purse? I am now frantically looking for this little pouch-clutch purse. Caleb again asks, "Is something wrong?" I finally speak it, "I am looking for my purse." He begins to help me look but we find nothing. I could feel the panic and the frustration at this moment sipping in.
Then it hit me like a ton of bricks, I left it in the car. My mother's car that was parked in Stockton, CA in front of Rein's house. We were in Hayward at the moment. I looked at my watch and it was about 11:50. We were about to approach the San Mateo Bridge so we could not turn around now. We would never make it there and back. My heart beats faster. we were about 100 miles from Stockton. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 1:55 PM.
Now I am frustrated with myself and I feel stupid. How could I have left my purse with all my identification, credit cards, cash and MY PASSPORT! I am furious at myself and my embarrassment is growing. I cant blame anyone but me.
So let me just slip this in at this point. I DONT leave my purse. I will forget my keys, hair brush and other stuff but my purse... That is not going to happen. I guard my purse like fort knox. Especially my identity. I have had identity theft so I am always eyeballing my purse. So to leave my purse that is not me at all. So this now feels like an attack. Like there are forces beyond me at work here. How did I leave my purse? How did I know sense this sooner? It's baffled me. However, this situation has no easy solve to it.
I call my little sister and asked her to go to the car to verify my purse was there. I told her to call me back ASAP.
When we got to the airport, we unloaded the car. I went to the ticketing counter and asked when the next flight was going out. They told me the next flight would be Thursday. I felt the bile in my throat. THURSDAY! I asked if they had another flight on a affiliate airline that was going out later that day. They seemed to not understand what I was asking. My heart sank. So about 10 minutes after talking to the ticketing counter my sister called me back and confirmed my purse was in the car. I was releaved but disappointed. i would have to miss my flight. This was really happening... another obstacle to this trip.
I went back to the ticketing counter to see if I could get on the Thursday flight for sure and I was told that I needed to go back to where I purchased the ticket to make arrangements. So with nothing left to do at this point. I loaded my things back in the car and headed back to Stockton, defeated, discouraged, embarrassed and feeling stupid. I could not blame antone but me, I wasn't even being rushed. It was just a silly unfortunate mistake.
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Now let me interject another little sidebar here, believe me all this is important. The night before we were scheduled to leave, Rein asked if I was going to drive. I told her I was planning on riding to the airport with her and her mother, so I would not have to park the car there and pay for long term parking.
Later, she mentioned that her mom's car was having battery problems. She was hopeful that they would resolve it by the morning, but I need to beware that a backup plan might be needed. When it was said, I felt that maybe I should just drive but said nothing because she was sure that it would work out. Now, I did not have the money for parking but I felt if we had to park the car there God would supply the need. I knew that if I had to drive, I would have to call my mother, since the car I had access to was hers and she was under the impression that her car would be parked in the garage at our house. She does not do well with changes. So I was a bit concerned about telling her but not worried.
As the conversation progressed, my concerned went away. So I just told myself I would tell Rein in the AM that I would drive. So when I woke up there was a message from Rein saying that the battery had been replaced and all was well. Her mom would drive us to the airport. So I never offered to drive.
So I am now running my errands and I get to Rein's house about 9:45 AM. I load my luggage in the car. While I am standing there chit chatting with her mom. I realized I did not pack my comb and brush. So I ask how much time do I have I need to run to my house and get those items and come back. She said about 10 minutes. So I get in my car and jet to toward my house. As I am driving, I see Hollywood Beauty Supply and I just stop there to get a comb and brush instead of driving back to my house. In doing this that would make the trip a bit faster. I get back to Rein's house, park the car in the spot where it had been parked before and Rein says, "You can't park there. Pull up in the garage." I do this and get out of the car and hop into Mother Pryor's car. Now I'm excited because we are officially on our way to the airport.
We stopped at the gas station, and I jump out to use the restroom while they are pumping gas. SFO is about an hour and half drive maybe two with traffic. I got back in the car and we were off. As we drive I look through emails and FB post and respond in kind. Then we decide to check-in online for our flight. I remember thinking "Oh my, this is really happening." Now it's not that I thought it wouldn't happen. I had gone through so much to make it to this point. But even more than that. God has promised me international ministry since I was 14. It seemed so great and so vast a vision, you just wonder how is god going to do it. I had gone to Italy when I was 31 but had not been back since then and for it to be happening now. I am just amazed at God. I took a breath and told myself to live in the moment. God had showed up and showed out for me. "I thought to myself, you about to see the realization of God's promises to you and this is only the beginning.
I tried to call my Mom because I had tried calling her while I was running my errands and got no answer. My mother is in Texas so I knew, she was up and about. Still no answer from her. I scrolled through my phone again and made a mental note that I would have to charge my phone while I was waiting to board the airplane. Chit chatting with Rein and her mom, my mom calls. IN all the excitement, I had forgotten it was my mother's birthday. So after I apologized and made a big deal about that. I told her I was going to text her the data page of my passport, just in case something went wrong. We chatted a few more minutes. My mom wishes us Godspeed on out journey and tells us to preach the word with God's anointing. I can hear in her voice that she is proud of us. My mother is not an emotional woman, so I have learned how to discern her emotions in her speech.
When I hung up the phone, I went to take out my passport to take a picture of my passport to send to my mother.
I know.... you want to know what happened, but I will continue tomorrow. I am trying not to make this post too long. :). You will not miss anything, I promise the good the bad and the ugly is going to be in these post.
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In The Meantime
So on Tuesday I head to the Pharmacy to pick up my prescription. When I get there, I am told that the prescription is ready. SO I hand them my insurance card so it can be run through my insurance. The pharmacy tech comes back and says that my insurance is no longer accepted through Walgreens. I should try Rite-Aid or CVS. If I got it through them I would have to pay 79.00 even with my prescription discount card.
She explains I would need to have the other pharmacy of my choosing to request that they fax over my prescription. So I call CVS, because that is where my sister works and I knew she would let me know if they were telling me the truth.
CVS sends the request and the Man assures me that in a few hours my prescription should be ready. So I call back in about 3 hours and CVS has not received the prescription yet. So I call Walgreen's. They tell me it was faxed over but they will fax it again. So I go on with my day and decide to check with my sister to see how much it would cost. So I text her. She text me back and says through CVS it would be 97.00. I was like man, I am so glad I have insurance that's more than Walgreen's.
On Wednesday, I call CVS and my prescription is ready so I go to pick it up while I'm out running errands. When I get there, I give them my insurance card and they said it will take about 15 minutes to rerun my prescription through my insurance to get the price if any. I walk around CVS window shopping until I hear my name called over the loudspeaker. I return to the pharmacy.
Now here's where it get interesting. I am told that my insurance WILL not cover it. So the cost is 97.00 or they can ask my doctor to prescribe a different prescription that may be accepted by my insurance. feeling a bit nervous now. I say okay they tell me they will call me when it's ready.
So, I leave. and I wait. and I wait. and I wait. Now I call back it's been almost a week since I took it to CVS and I have not heard from them. They tell me my doctor has not responded. So I decide to give it another day.
Now it's two days later, and I have just a few more days before I will be leaving. CVS still has not heard back from my doctor. So I go to my doctor's office to get them to respond. I am told that Malaria pills only have one dose and the prescription that was given was the most commonly used one.
So I ask the ladies and the people of God to pray. I need these pills and I have only a week to get them. I just did not have the 97.00 to spend and I really needed them to come down.
CVS and I go back and forth for the next week. Then I post on FB, I need God to intervene once again for me. One of my friends say she is going to western union me some money. So my prayer is God let me get it for the original price, so the money she sent me will be enough.
I go Friday afternoon to pick up the prescription. The Pharm Tech gets my information and says that will be a total of 116.00, I hand her my discount card, because I remember that Walgreens said that even with my discount card it was 79.00. She says it does take some off but with the discount card it would still be 100.00. I only have 80.00. I was about to say I'll have to come back, when the Pharm Tech says wait a minute let me ask the Pharmacist something.
She comes back in about 5 minutes and says, "Your cost is 42.00!" She used a different discount card that they have at CVS. Not only that, but they did not have the generic brand that my doctor asked for so they gave me the name brand drug. I almost cried on the spot.
So now you can see how God moved on my behalf, in miraculous ways. Like I said before this is just one of many stories. I know that some of you ready this blog were the ones praying for me so I wanted to share.
So now April 21st was here and it was the morning of the day we would fly to the Philippines. I got up excited, took my shower and dressed comfortablely. it was going to take us two days to get there with an overnight layover in China. I ran some last minute errands and then met up with Rein and her Mom at their house.
Hope you are following along on this journey, more to come.
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Pastor Linda Hillman
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So on April 21, 2015, I was on my way to SFO to go on a missions trip to the Philippines with my Sister and Friend Evangelist Rein Johnson. the flight has had been booked since late February early March. When I tell you God opened doors that I could not even imagine so I could get the money to go...I mean it. Had God not intervened on my behalf, I would have still been working on raising the money.
Listen, Not only did God supply the money for the plane ticket there and back, He made a way fo the Hotel to be covered, and when I found out that I needed a Visa for China because we had an extended layover, God supplied the money for that too. So needless to say this Chicka was on cloud nine and rising. I was thankful to everyone that sowed a seed or donated so that I could get the immunizations, bug spray, and other items needed.
Let me just tell the story about the Malaria pills because this is just a glimpse of what God was doing on my behalf. I went to my doctor to get a physical. I had been sick with bronchitis and I just want him to tell me I was cleared to travel this was about two and half weeks before we were expected to leave. My doctor said all was well and prescribed me a cough medicine to help with my lingering cough. He also gave me some antibiotics to clear up any viral infection. I told him about my trip to the Philippines and he told me that I needed to get the immunizations, even though they were recommended, I should because I was getting over bronchitis and needed all the immune boost I could get. So that day I went to public health and got my Typhoid shot. but the Malaria immunization was not a shot but pills and my doctor should have prescribed them. So I called my doctor to see if I could get the prescription ans was told I needed to drop by so the doctor could see me before he prescribed them. So the next day i drove out there and my doctor prescribed them. this was on a Friday.
So, about four hours later I was running errands so I went to Walgreen's to see if my prescription was ready and was told that the prescription would be ready on Monday. I asked what the cost would be and they told me it would cost 79.00. I took a deep breath. It dawned on me later that Walgreen's did not have my insurance on file and evangelist rein said that her prescription for the Malaria Pills was free. So I said, "Lord let it be for me too."
On Monday, I get a call that my prescription is ready. So I put it on my calendar to go Tuesday to pick up.
Stay tuned for more of this story tomorrow.
You are Bound No More.
Pastor Linda Hillman
(c) 2015 LAH Ministries International
Booklindahillman@gmail.com
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In The Meantime
