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 passports in Washington, D.C., and us unable to do anything Read more…
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 is no indication of when or if that may come. Read more…
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… We waited until the very last minute, even until Sunday Read more…
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 and credible electoral cycle, in accordance with the Constitution, for Read more…
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 our passports back to us (with or without visas inside Read more…
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 plan, I called the travel agent (which we are required Read more…
For those interested, this map has places we’ll be going, both outbound and inbound.
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 closer than this in the past and been OK (not Read more…
We just landed back in Texas after three wonderful weeks in Oregon. We enjoyed gorgeous weather, rivers, mountains, berries & best of all sweet fellowship with so many of you! It is so good to catch up on what is happening in your lives. If we missed meeting with you, Read more…