San Francisco Days San Francisco Nights

On the spur of the moment I decided to go up to San Francisco to meet with the consulate. I have talked with them twice and will try one more time on Monday. Please pray that authorization will come from Delhi and the consulate can award me my visa on Monday.

In the meantime I am having a really nice time with my friend Erin and her roommates. They have welcomed me into their home and made me feel like one of the roommates. Even if the visa is not granted right now the trip was not a total loss because it has allowed me to spend quality time with my dear little Boo-Bear (aka Erin).

3 months and 3 days...still waiting

Thank you for all your prayers and concern about my visa but please do not stop praying yet! I have contacted the Consulate and they say when they hear something they will let me know and until then there is nothing they can do to help me. I’ve tried the Embassy but they are unreachable; I can’t even leave a voicemail because the in box is full. And Congressman Rohrabacher’s office says there is nothing they can do for me.

Despite all this, my anxious feelings have diminished greatly. Thanks to everyone for praying for my anxiety I really have felt a significant difference since the October Prayer Meeting. My support letters are going out on Monday so please be praying that the people being led to give financially give and that the people who are not able to give financially are not offended by the letter but see that I do truly value their prayers and emotional support of me and my family.

Thanks!

Map of India

Map of India: with my location

Good Bye CSULB...Hello India

Well, it is day two of being unemployed and it is a little weird. I have this huge pressure on me to use every minute of the day for my preparation for India. In case you are wondering (and I know you are), I am not sleeping in; I want to maintain a schedule to insure I get everything done off my “to do” list.

My last 2 days at work were really great. My co-workers threw me a little going away party and students kept coming in up till 4:30pm Friday afternoon to say goodbye. There were so many well wishes I really felt like my time at CSULB was valued. This job has been a blessing to me from the minute I became a Grad Assistant 2 ½ years ago until the moment I had to leave. Although it is hard to leave a job you love and staff and students that love you, it was great to know that I am not running away from my life. Instead my leaving CSULB got to be a sacrifice made intentionally for Christ.

For those of you that attended my first prayer meeting held back on September 8th….THANK YOU so much for the encouragement!!! You will be glad to know that I have started drafting my support letter. There are many other things in the works but I will save those updates for the next meeting on October 12th.

Please continue to pray for my visa. The 3 month mark is October 19th.