Provision

The story of finding a temporary place to stay in Lima is a story of God's providence.

January 1 we started scouring the internet looking for a place to stay from Feb 20 until we could find a permanent home. It is high season in Lima, and searching by internet our options were limited to people marketing to foreign tourists. Most options were daily rentals and were very pricy. We continued looking every day. There were 3 options that seemed good but one by one they fell through.

We came up to 4 weeks before departure without an option in sight when we came across a simple advertisement without any details nor a price. The ad said to call, not email. We called, but it was a wrong number. We emailed but no response. A week later we got an email and obtained the correct phone number, and when we called we were the first response the woman had received. She had been nervous because she was to leave for the States in two weeks, and immediately accepted us.

We later discovered that she was a believer and had been praying for a foreigner to rent her apartment. For us it could not be better. Half the price of the other options; in the neighborhood where we plan to look for a home; and the woman speaks English, which helped ensure our communication was clear, going back and forth in two languages.

We immediately had the sense that God had ordained the details to allow us to be the first callers. He secured the best situation for our security and comfort moving to a new city. God is good and He is taking care of us.