School
Visas!
At long last (after 70 days, 10 weeks, or 51 work days, as you like) we have our passports back! And they contain valid visas! So now that we have official permission to enter Congo, we need to rebook tickets Read more…
School
Mid July Update — Learning to Live with Plan B
It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve written, so I thought I should post something about how things are going. Not because I have something new to say; things are still pretty much where we last left them, with our Read more…
Travels
On Hold
We heard this afternoon from a friend who was able to visit the Embassy in Washington D.C., to ask in person what was happening with our visa application. Apparently the embassy workers are waiting on approval from D.R.Congo, and there Read more…
Congo + Culture
Trip Cancellation … for now
So we called for prayer for last Friday, and decided to wait until after mail on Saturday, just in case something weird happened. We believe that God is at work in this situation, though we don’t know what He’s doing… Read more…
Congo + Culture
Diplomatically Speaking…
Apparently a UN embargo on arms entering the DRC (except for purchases by the government) was renewed this week. But it didn’t limit itself to arms; it also includes two paragraphs on elections ((“Stressing the crucial importance of a peaceful Read more…
Travels
Last Day –Please Pray
So the Congolese Embassy in Washington DC, which has had our passports for the past six (6) weeks, has just closed for the day, and there is no indication on USPS.com that they used my reply mail envelope to send Read more…
Congo + Culture
Crunch Time
There are now three more mail deliveries before our trip should begin on Monday morning, and we still have no sight of our passports. The Embassy is not answering their phone, nor responding to Emails. To develop our next alternate Read more…
Church
Dictionaries
I just finished drafting the line “good progress on dictionaries for each of the languages” for the newsletter we’re hoping to put out in the next couple days, and I realized I’m not sure that it is clear to all Read more…
Personal
Destinations
For those interested, this map has places we’ll be going, both outbound and inbound.
Travels
Passports
Our passports arrived in Washington DC on May 12, some five weeks ago today, and they’re still not back yet. They’re supposed to take ten days, and we’re supposed to leave in less than two weeks. We have cut it Read more…