After nearly 4 months of praying and waiting, the work visa has been approved! You have all been a part of our prayer team and for that, we thank you! Amy and I just had a day of frustration while packing and not knowing if we were going to be able to leave on time. We emailed people, called the Papua New Guinea embassy and even called Papua New Guinea itself but no one had an answer for us. At 10:30PM, we prayed together to give our frustration to God and to put our trust in Him to provide. I went out to the computer afterwards and 6 minutes later, I get an email saying the Visa has been approved! God provides!
The waiting and praying doesn't stop quite yet though. Tomorrow, we will overnight our passports to the Papua New Guinea embassy in Washington D.C. They will then have to put the visas into our passports and mail them back to us.
Tomorrow we have a full day of packing and cleaning. Friday, we start driving to Illinois. Then a week from Saturday, we are scheduled to leave the country. That doesn't give the embassy much time to send the passports back. Please continue to pray that God will provide and we will be able to leave on time and not spend the extra money to reschedule our tickets.
Thanks so much for all your prayers! To God be the glory!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Final Count Down!
We are officially in final month before we depart. Time is ticking away and we are starting to finalize everything for our trip. My list of "to-dos" is shrinking but there are still a couple of things that we can use your prayers about.
1) First and greatest of all is our Work Visa. Everything is together now and we are submitting our 3rd application for a Visa in the next couple of days. We cannot leave the country without this so please pray hard this week that the Papua New Guinean official who looks at the application will approve it without hesitation! We are trusting in God to provide our needs but this particular situation is starting to make us nervous.
2) We are selling one of our cars to my sister which is a blessing because we won't have to pay monthly payments but it also adds some complications. We have already purchased our plane tickets to Illinois but now that we are selling the car, we have to drive it to Illinois. Right now I am trying to get a refund for our non-refundable plane tickets so we aren't out $320!
3) Our 2nd car is staying here but it has a minor oil leak in it that needs to be fixed before we leave. If anyone knows a mechanic that will fix an oil leak for cheap, let us know! Just another expense before we leave.
4) All the other small expenses that will add up before we leave such as suitcases, a laptop, immunizations, etc.
Thanks so much for all your prayers and support. This trip couldn't happen without each of you. Thanks for sharing in our ministry and please continue to pray for the work visa to go through!
If you know someone who would like to see us before we leave, here is our speaking schedule:
July 10 - Augusta Church of the Nazarene
July 17 - Auburn Church of the Nazarene
July 24 - Gardiner Church of the Nazarene
July 31 - Eureka Church of the Nazarene (Illinois)
Our Sunday evenings are free currently if anyone would like to schedule us to speak on one of those days.
God Bless
1) First and greatest of all is our Work Visa. Everything is together now and we are submitting our 3rd application for a Visa in the next couple of days. We cannot leave the country without this so please pray hard this week that the Papua New Guinean official who looks at the application will approve it without hesitation! We are trusting in God to provide our needs but this particular situation is starting to make us nervous.
2) We are selling one of our cars to my sister which is a blessing because we won't have to pay monthly payments but it also adds some complications. We have already purchased our plane tickets to Illinois but now that we are selling the car, we have to drive it to Illinois. Right now I am trying to get a refund for our non-refundable plane tickets so we aren't out $320!
3) Our 2nd car is staying here but it has a minor oil leak in it that needs to be fixed before we leave. If anyone knows a mechanic that will fix an oil leak for cheap, let us know! Just another expense before we leave.
4) All the other small expenses that will add up before we leave such as suitcases, a laptop, immunizations, etc.
Thanks so much for all your prayers and support. This trip couldn't happen without each of you. Thanks for sharing in our ministry and please continue to pray for the work visa to go through!
If you know someone who would like to see us before we leave, here is our speaking schedule:
July 10 - Augusta Church of the Nazarene
July 17 - Auburn Church of the Nazarene
July 24 - Gardiner Church of the Nazarene
July 31 - Eureka Church of the Nazarene (Illinois)
Our Sunday evenings are free currently if anyone would like to schedule us to speak on one of those days.
God Bless
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