Prayer Request : Clinic is Shutdown

Friends, it means so much to me to know that I am not writing these notes into obilivion, that my journals and prayer requests are not bouncing off the ceiling, but reaching your your eyes and hearts. Thank you for reading, and thanx for praying.
Rigth now I have a prayer request for you regarding our clinic in Manila. Mercy In Action has previously done all the work necessary to meet national standards for birth centers in the Philippines, and have received their licences to practice. In the past some officials have even said that our clinic is a model clinic that should set the standard for many others.
But now we seem to have fallen out of favour with what is considered the 2nd most corrupt agency in the Philippines, the Department of Health. For some yet-to-be-explained reason they arrived at our clinic a couple of days ago and shut them down. This means that all of the women already experiencing prenatal care, and all of those whose birth's are immanent, and those who show up in desperation because the hospitals have turned them away, all of these women are no longer receiving care! As well all of our midwives who are already over there serving, are now left without the ability to help, and without the ability to complete their practicums.
While this is a bit of a scare we really are trusting that God wants us there, and wants us to serve these women and that He will open up the doors for the clinic to reopen. Please pray with us for this!! Pray also for Vicki, who is our director, as she has made a really quick trip to Manila to try and work through this with the officials and the clinic staff. Please pray for the women who are not receiving this care right now. Pray that God would be protecting them, and providing ways for them to receive that care they need through this critical time.
Thank you all, I love, and I thank God for you!