England...still waiting

As you may have been keeping up with both mine and Manuel's facebook posts as of a few Mondays ago when we received the invitation to be intern directors in England, you may have noticed, we're still in the states.

Due to the kind of work we'll be doing with the interns and among the different charities we are connected with, we were told last week that we need a visa called Tier 5 Charity Workers Visa. Sound like a mouthful? Try explaining it to someone over the phone when English is not their second language, e.i. the travel agent. This visa will allow us to have much more freedom in what we can do while we're there and possibly give us the ability to earn money as well.

The upside is that we are on top of it and with my last day of work being last week, I'm able to devote much time to preparing for our interview which we had scheduled on Tuesday of this week. Yesterday to be exact.

That brings me to the downside. Because of the nature of this visa, we're facing a lot of paperwork and details we've never had to do before. Such as this interview which Manuel and I were on our way to, when we had a tire blow out on highway 80, in the fast-lane. Thankfully Manuel is a skilled driver and might I say tire replacer, but unfortunately we didn't make it to our appointments and we've had to reschedule for Friday the 3rd.
We've gone back and forth in the first few weeks with a little worry or frustration, but we've both come to agree that we completely trust God will work everything out. With all the roadblocks we're coming up to, it must be a great opportunity that the enemy is trying to thwart. Please keep us in your prayers and believe with us that Friday's interviews will go well and our visas will be given quickly.