For those of you who have not heard, we could not leave for Argentina as planned on October 13th due to problems getting our visa. We had our tickets purchased, our things to ready, and a send off service at our home church. We are waiting for a letter of invitation from the mission in Argentina to be processed by the government authorities in Argentina and then to be sent off to the consulate's office in New York City. This process we were told will take 10 business days. Day 10 is this Friday October 23rd. If the letter is ready to be sent to New York, in the consulate's office, the processing can take 5 business days. Which puts our departure date the first week of November, Lord willing.
What makes this a little frustrating is the BMW missionary who presented the letter of invitation to the foreign ministry department in Argentina, was told that this letter was not necessary, therefore did not sent it to us. But when we had our interview in New York, we were told that in fact we did need it. Also, we were hoping, if for some reason we could not enter into Argentina with a religious visa, we could go in on a tourist visa while the other was being processed. However, the consulate informed us that we couldn't go about it that way.
So, we feel that we have done all that we can do on our end, and all we can do is wait.
Psalm 52:8-9
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
In spite our confusion, and asking the obvious questions, we are not discouraged. Although frustrated at times, we been home for good preaching and fellowship. We are anxious to be on the field in Argentina, but perhaps God is using this time to sharpen and encourage our faith and cause us to lean on Him more.
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