I just realized that I never posted about our visas! I sent out a newsletter, and I forgot to post anything about it in here. I thought I'd just put a portion of the letter in here, so that you could have the update about where we are in the visa process.
11/20/2009
The original plan was for us to head to Spain on Dec. 28th; but at this point, we are not sure if that will actually happen. We have been working on the paperwork we needed to gather in order to apply for our Visas at the Spanish consulate in D.C. We thought we would be ready to make the trip to D.C. about a month ago, but we ran into problems getting our documents “authenticated” from the state of CA. Yesterday evening, we received the documents we have been waiting for (praise the Lord!!) We spent hours last night, putting together everything we needed; and we left at 6am this morning to go to D.C. This is such an answer to prayer, because the consulate is closed tomorrow, and next week would have been difficult because it’s Thanksgiving. So, we set out this morning and drove through rush hour traffic. We arrived 15 minutes before the consulate opened and found a parking space! It took them a while to go through all the paperwork to make sure we had everything they needed, but they were so kind and courteous. We had everything in place, and she said she would send it off to Spain for approval right away.
At this point, we’ve been told it will take from 1-6 months to get our Visa’s back. This is the one thing we would specifically ask you all to
pray for right now. If we are delayed in going, the kids may have to start school in the middle of the semester. Wes and I could also miss the date to enroll in our language school, and we would have to wait until the next semester in order to begin learning the language. We recognize that God is in control, and His timing is perfect! It is our prayer that the papers would be expedited and that we would still be able to leave on Dec. 28th as planned. Will you join us in prayer for this? Please pray that our Visa’s come back in RECORD time!... please pray spec
ifically that we will get our visas back within one month. We do recognize that this is unusual, but nothing is impossible with our Lord! This is our most urgent prayer request at the moment. Thank you for standing with us in prayer! It is so encouraging to see how the Lord has provided so abundantly, even in the little things… like a parking space!
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