Under Pressure

The past three days have been exceedingly stressful for the three of us at the office - especially me. The Microsoft Excel program decided to shut down momentarily, resulting in the disappearance of a lot of important data that I needed! This made doing the payroll accurately impossible. The timing was really bad because this is the week I have to get everything done, 6 people are going out of town and the rest need to be paid by the government deadline. It has been just short of a nightmare.

As I sat in chapel this morning listening to a sermon I couldn't understand and the sound of wailing over a toddler who had just died, I was feeling pretty discouraged... like things couldn't get much worse. However, when I got to the office Clotilde and I called our accountant and when I opened up the Excel documents again they were miraculously restored. (I think the author, Jay, might have done something for us from the States). I am so thankful! So now I'm experiencing the joys of relief and the uncomfortable feelings of immense pressure at the same time. But I remember that God is good... and even if I'm up all night working on it, at least I have the information I need to get the job done.

So that's my story for the day. Sometimes life just gets complicated. Thanks to Caleb, Lauren, Sarah and my dear old dad for their assistance and moral support. :)