Over the next few weeks, please be praying for my visa to be granted favorably and quickly. I only have a month and a week until I begin my travel, so delays with the visa would complicate my plans considerably!
To complete my visa application, I was required to attend a biometric scanning appointment- the only locations made available for this service were New York or Honolulu... I chose the latter, for obvious reasons! However, travel to Honolulu still requires flying, so my friend Jennifer volunteered to come along to make a fun day trip of my errand; we booked the tickets and hopped on a plane a couple days later.
We used the commuter terminal for a cheaper fare, which put us on this prop plane for the forty minute hop over to the neighboring island of Oahu.
We headed to my appointment with plenty of time- or so it seemed- but the bus took longer than estimated and we found ourselves running (literally sprinting) around the outside of various unmarked administrative buildings trying to find the correct suite. I was praying and running...and praying some more... when just minutes out from the end of my appointment slot Jennifer spotted the right building entrance.
I barely made it. I was sweaty and disheveled, but I made it- praise the Lord!
I mailed my visa application and today received postal confirmation that the package has been received by the consulate in New York. This is the last major hurdle in my journey toward Oxford. Please be lifting this visa application in your prayers- that it would be granted without hindrance or delay.
Thank you!
