Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Visa Miracle?





We are in the middle of our Visa process. We must have our Visas back before we are able to leave the country. The process, once it is mailed in, can take weeks and even months. We have been working on getting our application ready since May. It took all summer to get everything done that we needed to get done and it was a very intense process. There were over 50 pages of letters and documents that we had to include. There were a few times when we did not get tests back in time or needed a document that we were unable to get our hands on immidiately due to our traveling. Last Tuesday, we were finally able to send in our entire packet. We were so nervous that we had done something wrong or that we had not included everything, we went over the completed ap so many times! Today, I opened the front door to go outside and there at the doorstep was a package from the New Zealand Embassy in Washington DC. Our Visas had been returned. Before I opened the package I was convinced that something had gone wrong so they had sent them back without even looking at them. We opened them up to find that we were granted work visas!! We started screaming! God continues to provide for us and take care of us. We feel like this was a miracle, it took only 6 days to send them to DC, have the applications reviewed, have the Visas granted, and then sent back to Bloomington to us! I guess we need to continue to learn the lesson that it's not always in flammertime, thankfully, it's in God's time.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Yea... I pulled a few strings.

Speaking of pulling strings...there should be a gentleman waiting for you when you arrive in NZ. He should be wearing a black shirt and standing by the payphones. When you approach him say "The westernly winds won 1st prize." He'll know what it means...

Joe and Amy said...

We knew we could count on you Dewey!

Lori said...

Awesome News! Do you have any contacts at the Japanese embassy?

Unknown said...

Lori,

I wish I could help you but unfortunately I am only allowed one kind act per blog post. :)

Brad & Stacey said...

We are rejoicing and 'screaming' in our heads with you...as we don't want to disturb the neighbors!
Great News!;)

Joe and Amy said...

Dewey, Thanks for pulling some strings for us. I knew you could. Speaking of favors, I got that thing done for the boys up in Philly. No big deal. Peace.