Prayer and Praise

18 January 2007

The Canada Revenue Agency

Jim Practical matters, Prayer and Praise 1

I recently got a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency. Those are the folks that oversee our paying of taxes and so forth. They told me that two of my previous tax returns are under review.

Oh, don’t worry – we didn’t do anything wrong. As a matter of fact, we’ve followed the rules to the letter, and I’ve even called them and discussed how exactly to calculate things, so I’m not concerned about that.

In fact, one of Shari’s returns was reviewed last year. We simply sent them the paperwork that they asked for, and they checked it over and told us it was all just fine.

But this time it’s different. Not because we did anything incorrectly on these returns. The problem is that some of our documents were destroyed by mistake during our move. So this means getting documents from at least three, maybe more, sources. And these sources are all three a few thousand kilometers apart. And our ability to send and receive original documents is somewhat difficult. AND Canada Revenue has put on us a rather strict time limit.

Some of the documents may also cost us a fair bit to replace.

So we would appreciate your prayers about this. It’s already such a busy time, and it’s a challenge to add on all this phoning and emailing and pouring over documents and making calculations. Meanwhile we’re trying to do other paperwork, and homework, and this that and the other thing.

I don’t usually post specific prayer requests here (maybe I should do more of that in the future), preferring to put requests on our prayer request page. But this is requires a little more explanation, so here I am. You could pray:

That we would be able to access and complete all the documents that the CRA needs.
That we would be able to do this in time.
That we would be able to do this at minimum cost.
That God would give understanding between the CRA and us so that the issue would be resolved quickly and properly.

Thanks for your prayers!

26 February 2004

Two families

Jim Misc, Prayer and Praise 0

A couple of things to praise the Lord about, and pray for as well. First, my sister (in Christ) has just had a baby boy, on the 20th of February. Tatum Wyatt is his name, born to Pat and Tracy Ross. We’re very happy that mother and son are home now. They were both struggling at first with some health issues, but the Lord really answered our prayers and they seem to be recovering well. Tate was quite small – 5lbs 3.5oz, but he’s obviously a trooper. No pictures yet, but maybe we’ll have one to share with you soon.

On an unrelated note, we’re heard news from a group of Christians here in town that we’ve been able to get to know a little bit. They’re struggling with decisions about their church, and the direction that the Lord wants them to take. So if you’re talking to God, we would appreciate it if you could pray for them, especially as they meet on the 7th of March. Thanks!

20 August 2003

Websites and praying for miracles!

Jim Family, Prayer and Praise 0

Well, it’s been an interesting summer so far (remember, for those of us not going to school in the fall, summer isn’t over until September 23 or something like that!). One of the things that I did for a few hours this summer was build websites on the side, both as a service and to raise a few dollars to keep the fridge full over the summer (ok, so it’s a small fridge!).

Why not take a look? I’ve set up a new page of information in case anyone else wants something similar done. Visit iservices.

Last week we put out a new newsletter, which you should be getting soon.

There are a couple of things that we’re praying about right now, maybe you could join us! First, our eyes are not doing great because of problems with our eyewear. Shari’s is just old, and Jim’s seems to be malfunctioning (I’m simplifying things so that this entry isn’t too long!). Because we have no medical coverage for this kind of thing, and because Jim’s eyes are “special”, we’re looking at a cost of about $500 Canadian (US$350). So we’d appreciate your prayers about that.

We’re also dealing with a car problem, which is probably fairly minor, but has been dragged out because of a repair that just doesn’t seem to be solving the problem (excuse me again if I simplify to save space!). Tomorrow the car is going to be looked at, so please pray that if the car needs to have further work done that God will provide the money for that.

God has answered so many of our prayers so far, I’m sure He will do it again!

Meanwhile, we’re enjoying a visit from Shari’s sister Amy, who is here from England. Shari’s parents will be coming next week, and we’ll be celebrating Jevon’s dedication (clue in: Jeff (Shari’s brother) and Tracy’s baby is Jevon, and they’ll be publicly expressing their understanding that he belongs to the Lord).

We’re also busy planning for the next couple of months, which promise to be busy as always. Sometimes planning means planning to have a day off, because if you don’t plan ahead you won’t get one!

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