So what's taking you so long to get there?

Yesterday I got a Facebook friend request from a grad school classmate.  We finished school in the summer of 2006.  At that time, Susan and I were not very far along in our training with MTW, but far enough that it was official - we were on track to relocate to Bulgaria and begin our lives as foreign missionaries.  My former classmate and I got along really well in school, but because he was commuting from a long distance, graduation meant that our paths would no longer be crossing.  It was great to hear from him and I am grateful for Facebook because it will allow us to keep up in ways that would not have been practical 10 years ago, especially as we move to the field.  But because we haven't been in contact and it has been so long, he made the assumption that we had already gone and were now back home.  This is not the first time we have had that conversation with people we haven't seen for a while.  It can be a depressing exchange.  They expect that we should have gone a long time ago, and so do we.  It brings to mind questions like:  How long Lord? or Where will the rest of our support come from?  And in the darkest moments: Will it come?  Another difficult encounter that we have faced has been when we have let old friends know of our need in the course of exchanging emails or comments on Facebook.  Pleasant exchanges have ended abruptly with no additional comment after we mention that we need additional support.  This has been especially hard for me to take when those friends have been people with whom I have felt I could be completely open.  Is this just sin on my part -fear of man, or is it appropriate to feel the hurt of such moments?  I don't know, but I do know that I could use your prayers over this struggle (and so could Susan).  Please pray that God would raise up supporters and that He would direct them toward us.