Not really sure when we’ll be back again. Let me explain; I, Crissa, have purchased my wedding ticket (that’s what I’m calling my airline tickets to travel to and from my wedding) and am schedule to depart Australia to arrive in America on May 9, 2007. I am extremely excited to travel home and prepare for our wedding, spending a bit of time with my family for the last time as their single daughter.

However, Josiah and I are still waiting on our visa from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of Australia to grant our request for a 2 years temporary stay in their country. Unless they grant this visa we are not permitted to leave the country without our application being voided. But wait; there’s Plan B. Which is quite funny because Plan B is the Bridging B Visa. If our visa has not been processed to be granted, we can apply for a Bridging B visa which enables us to leave the country for a maximum of about 5 weeks (remember, a new visa means new application and more money and more time). So we do have a Plan B, it’s just not ideal.

As missionaries, we do often seek people to advocate for us through finances. But more than that, we need hundreds of people to advocate and rally together through prayer for us, in all situations.

We believe marriage is a life-long covenant that God created, and has now called us into a completely new stage and season of our lives to be wed. We know we are to continue with Reef to Outback for a few more years. I do believe we continue to run this race and so we need others to fight with us in prayer. We know we can’t do it alone. Please partner with us in believing that our visa will be granted on time and for the preparations of spending the rest of our lives together.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Crissa and Josiah

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