Disappointing News from Chris and Ginger

Thank you VERY much for all your prayers regarding our visas. As you know, we went to re-apply for our visas at the Brazilian Consulate on Tuesday.

Despite our extremely fine-tuned Consulate interaction skills, the verdict is that they didn't even accept our papers!

Here's how it all went down:

*We got there at 8:30 am.

*They took our papers in the back to look over them.

*We sat and waited until 11:30 am.

*They asked us to come in the back to talk.

*They told us that they are not able to accept our re-application since we were already denied once. In order for them to accept our papers, they would need specific instructions from the bigwigs in Brazilia.

The funny thing is that weeks before our trip, the bigwigs in Brazilia told our NTM leadership that the Consulate did not need instructions from them to accept our papers.

So, as you can see, we're in a catch-22.

All we can do now is wait and see if proper communication takes place between Brazilia and the Consulate. If not, we will take a different route.

This is obviously not what we wanted, but above all else, we know the Lord is in control. We trust that if and when the Lord wants us in Brazil, He will pave the way. Until then, we just need to "trust and obey."

Thanks again. Your prayers truly upheld us during our 3+ hours of waiting.

Christopher and Ginger