Visa Update

It's been awhile since we have actually had something to report about our visas but we finally have bit of news to share!

We sent in our documents to our expediter the end of July. He spent some time looking over our documents first and getting some of our documents legalized at the consulate. After the prep work he submitted our documents to the consulate for review the second week of August. The only error the consulate found was that Andy's ordination certificate had not been legalized which was easily remedied. The staff at the consulate even commented on how complete our application was because they usually find a bunch of mistakes (!) that have to be corrected. Our expediter resubmitted our documents last week and they were sent to Brasilia last weekend for processing.

The consulate told us the processing time is 30-45 days. Our expediter will be asking each week at the consulate for us and he seemed very positive that that processing time is about accurate. Please be praying that our visas will be processed quickly and we can be in Brazil by September or October. My younger sister is currently spending three months at CLM Turvo and we would love to be able to spend some time with her in Brazil before she returns to the States in November.

We are so thankful God led us to this expediter through the recommendation of PAZ (Project Amazon). He has done a great job and we highly recommend his service if you are applying for a Brazilian visa. Thank you all for your prayers, we're not finished with the process yet but we are encouraged by the progress and we hope you as our ministry partners are as well.