Remote Access

I've been trying to set-up Wayne with remote access to his computer. We've talked about it for years, but just recently its finally gotten serious and I've been trying to set it up. I've been running up against a problem that his Verizon router is behind a NAT, so I can't get to his router from the outside world. So, we thought maybe we should go with HughesNet to be able to do this. On Saturday, God prompted me that maybe I should research HughesNet- I did and found out that they have the exact same problem with the NAT. So, that would've been a useless waste of time and money- I'm so thankful God lead me to research that. I did feel frustrated though, so I emailed Wayne on Saturday and told him to buy a static IP from Verizon for $500 since that was our only solution.
On Sunday, God just wouldn't give me a peace about the $500 solution. I was frustrated with it in the afternoon, but didn't know what else to do. Then, he put the thought in my mind to search the internet more generically for getting around NATs rather than just searching for Verizon and HughesNet. Right away, I found that there was something I hadn't even considered- a third-party service that lives on the internet and therefore can work around the NAT. TeamViewer and LogMeIn were the best options. Even better, they offered iPad and iPhone access for free- something I was really wanting to do for Wayne. I was really really excited about this and called Wayne right away to tell him not to get the $500 static IP.
Today, we went over to their house and I set up LogMeIn and it works perfectly on all devices! I'm so excited about it; praise the Lord! I'm so glad that He lead me to a simple and inexpensive solution to this problem that was getting so complicated and discouraging.