yesterday we got some news for our visa process... not quite the exciting "coming soon" type of news we were expecting, but news nonetheless. the document we need from the israeli police will be sent on thursday of this week to the embassy, meaning it should arrive by monday or tuesday of next week at the embassy... meaning maybe on wednesday we can go to the embassy to finish up the paperwork?... it's all still veeeeeery iffy, since the isreali week (sunday thru friday) versus the embassy week (monday through thursday mornings) leaves very little common time for things to take place. all still very vague. but, best case scenario, if the document manages to get to the embassy by early next week and we get there and verify that our file is complete, the visa should be issued by the 14th or 15th... wost case scenario? the police certificate gets lost for the third time and we are out of luck (and out of all our big bucks paid to the embassy in application fees)... getting this "news" yesterday afternoon left me in a little bit of a funk and once again very frustrated.. but then, patrik and i went to say some prayers, and it was soo good. a total shift in focus... we get to stay here serving for at least two more weeks, at a time when both our departments really need us to be around... and that's why we came here in the first place, to serve, and were initially wanting to stay for much longer, so now that we've been given a couple more weeks to do what we came to do, we should look at it as a good thing, not as a frustrating one... and the rockets... well, they've become part of our routine... yesterday there were no airraid sirens at all, and to tell you the truth, i think it freaked me out more than having the sirens go off all day... will i ever get used to peace and quiet again? ;)
so, at least two more weeks in the holy land, maybe three... and by late next week we'll know something... we hope!
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