One of the results of time flying is that almost a year has passed since we renewed our residency. Staying ahead of the process is essential . . . . I requested our support letter from Abundant Life at the beginning of April so it could be sent to the team in North Carolina that came to Nicaragua for the Holy Week mission trip. I knew if I waited for the trip in May, it would really run us short on time. The letter was translated last week, so it's ready to go. We're supposed to pick up the documents from Vida Nueva tomorrow and then make a stop at the attorney's office to have them notarized. I've made the passport copies already and only have to make a copy of the translated support letter and whatever we get tomorrow before we head to Immigration on Thursday morning with, hopefully, everything we need.
In reality, our residency cards don't expire until June 29; normally, Immigration will not let you begin the renewal process until you are within 30 days of expiration, but . . . . we're going early and are praying that they will let us get things rolling. Between now and the end of June, we have two campaigns in El Salvador, will spend two weeks in the states to celebrate our 40th anniversary and have a campaign in Guatemala. We're concerned that if we don't get our paperwork in before we leave the country, that we might not be able to have our temporary cards before we go to Guatemala on June 22.
Please pray that we find someone in the immigration office who will be sensitive to our situation and allow us to begin the renewal process early. Pray that all of our paperwork is complete and correct and that they do not "find" anything they want us to change.
