It's been a great day so far, catching up with Debs and meeting Elly. Tomorrow Debs will take me to Cambridge to meet Bekki and after spending the afternoon there we'll finally head over to Bedford. It still hasn't hit me I'm here. But that could be because I'm sleep deprived. Ok, off to bed!
Hi all, just wanted to update you and let you know I arrived safe and sound. The flight was very nice. There was no one in the seat next to me so I got to stretch out a bit. However, I only dozed for an hour and a half. No real sleep.When I arrived at the border check, I had to wait for about 25 minutes for the nice agent to check my documents. He had to following up with the visa application I submitted three months ago, even though that particular visa was denied, and he also called King's Arms to make sure I really am working for them. Despite the long wait and uncertainty, I felt rather peaceful about it . . . the first 5 minutes or so. But I knew God wouldn't bring me this far just to shut the door. And since he called King's Arms, they knew what was going on and promptly started praying. The agent was really nice and actually stamped my passport with a 6 month visa stamp instead of the normal tourist stamp, since I would actually be doing voluntary work. And it was an answer to prayer because he didn't even ask to see my return flight info, which I had misplaced along the way!Many of you have asked about my contact information, either to send donations or to send care packages/letters. My mom is handling my finances while I'm away, so you can contact her if you'd like to make financial contributions . . .. . .I don't start work until Monday, so I have plenty of time to settle in and adjust to the new time zone (we're 6 hours ahead of U.S. central time).Thanks again for your prayers and support, and I hope to hear from you!
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Dude, say Hi to everybody for me! :D And have fun!! :D
I seriously should visit one of these days/years. I found out recently that most people in the world who have my surname live in the UK. My peeps!!
Your "surname?" Way to connect to your British roots!
I'm actually in Bedford, almost 2 hours away from Sheffield, and can you believe in the hustly and bustle of leaving I didn't even tell the Sheffy peeps I was coming? They'll be mightly surprised . . . unless, of course, they read my Facebook . . .
OK, why do you gotta make fun of me anytime I use real English words instead of just "dude," "cool," or "groovy"?? :) Did we both not study in the same English department???
Oops, for some reason, I thought you were gonna be in the same town as the McGinni. :"> See? I need to come visit someday so I can differentiate the vicinities for myself. :D
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