We are drawing ever closer to our February 18th flight date. A little more than a month from now, we hope to be on an American Airline Flight from Dallas to Rio. Things are about to get crazy. We are spending some time with a couple churches that are supporting us over the next couple weeks and then will be heading to Colorado one last time to be with my family. We are looking forward to that.
This morning, however, we wanted to ask for your prayers. We have made our flights as I mentioned above. We are very close on our funding for 2014. One last thing remains...those pesky visas! The visa process for Brazil is tricky. We had no problem getting our tourist visas last year when we visited. But it is a totally different ball game when applying for a long-term visa. Our prayer is that we get our visas before February 10th. If we do not have our visas by then, we will be forced to discuss moving our relocation date and we REALLY do not want to move our date back again. I could go into how the Visa process works, but it will most likely just confuse you more. Just know that it is tricky and stressful. (To shed some light on its craziness...I had to create a Minister Ordination Certificate, have it signed by the elders at Park Plaza and turn it in with my application.)
So...please pray for a few things. Pray that we do in fact get our visas by February 10th. Pray that we do not have to move our date back again. Pray for the man who will be looking over our visa application and that his heart is softened towards us and our application. We could not be going to Brazil or be where we are now without your prayers, so thank you! We appreciate every one of you.
-Kelly and Kelci
