Last week we sat before a committee of six Greek officials and were finally granted approval for our residence visa. We had begun this process almost a year ago at the Greek embassy in Chicago. We reapplied upon arrival here in Greece and have been waiting since March for news. The visa should be ready in about 20 day and then it expires January 1, 2009. So as soon as we get the visa, we will need to reapply for another annual visa!
We are thanking the Lord for this. Because we have been granted this visa, we do not have to leave the country every three months,as most of our fellow missionaries do, for a visa exit. As you can imagine this saves a lot of time and money and stress. We are the first HMers to ever receive such a visa and we are thrilled. Just another affirmation that this is where God wants us to be.
Thank you so much for all your prayers with us for this. Another mark of God's faithfulness to us.
1 comment:
YEAH!!! What a long process; my word! Congratulations to you both as I know it is huge not to have to leave every three months.
We miss you guys and pray for you often!
Love you.
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