Weak Dollar

For the past week, Jeff and I have been forced to sit and watch the dollar drop against the Euro. This is very painful for us as we realize that our monthly support simply doesn't go as far as it use to. The dollar is at a record low right now at 1.41 against the euro. To put this into perspective for you, if Jeff goes to the bank to transfer money from our U.S. account to our German account in order to pay our German bills he has less money to do this. Because of the current exchange rate, he is only able to take out about 30% of what he could withdrawl last week. He often comes home looking like this.

It is amazing to us to see how much this currency rate is such a part of our daily life. This is yet another cultural stress that we deal with living over seas. Fortunately for us, we have a stable income compared to some of our fellow missionaries. God always provides for us just what we need when we need it. So the next time I go to the grocery store and I price a bottle of maple syrup for 5 euroes, I immediately convert that in my mind to u.s dollars and just pass it up.