Friday, April 8, 2011

Accepted!

We are very excited, as you can see from the photo... the U.S. Consulate accepted our visa application and we are officially allowed to study at TMS this "Fall" (aiming to fly out mid-July).  Thank you for praying, we thank the Lord for granting us this next step along the journey to seminary. 

The immigration officer was quite relaxed, which made us relax.  He even tried to catch me off-guard by saying "Everything looks good except, on your record here Verity, it shows you have robbed a bank in Dunedin?!"  I was hoping they weren't going to find out about that one - ha ha :)  I guess everyone wants to have a bit of comic relief in their day, even if you work at the consulate!

It was a real blessing to go to this interview, as we flew up to Auckland on Thursday night and stayed with Dad/DP/Lawrence that night and got to spend some time with Reuben's sisters as well. Our interview was a real breeze, and we were finished much earlier than anticipated, which meant that we got to spend some more family time together. We enjoyed an early morning walk around the Viaduct with Dad, coffees/chai in hand! We also met up with Jillian and Kirstie (Reuben's sisters) and our youngest nephew and niece, Joshua and Briana... we all enjoyed ice cream and walk along Takapuna beach.




1 comment:

  1. FINALLY A WAY TO COMMUNICATE AND CATCH UP WITH YOU GUYS!

    I hope you're both doing well, and will be praying for your recoveries.

    Miss you both!

    Mark Tymm

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