Hey Everyone, I'm happy to be writing this with great news. We got the medical visa for Jacky, our 28 year old patient with a large facial tumor, to go to the States for surgery! He'll leave tomorrow!

It was incredible. On Monday, after we still hadn't heard about having the needed embassy appointment on Tuesday, a US Senator's office called the embassy on Jacky's behalf. By the end of the workday on Monday we still didn't know what the results of that call were. On Tuesday, not knowing if we had an appointment or if we would be kicked out, we went to the embassy and after explaining our situation, we found out that sure enough, Jacky's name was on the list and we were ushered right in! We entered the embassy gates at 8:30am and by 9:30am we had the visa secured and instructions to pick it up around 2pm.

Shortly after 2pm we returned to the embassy and were told that Jacky's passport with the visa in it was not there yet and to come back the next day when it would be ready ('if God wills'). After double-checking for me, the officer made a call and told us that they would print it out for us and bring it right then if we wanted to wait a few minutes. We got the passport and visa at 2:55pm and the embassy closed at 3pm!

Steven's visa application appointment is set for tomorrow at 11am, central time. We have one day to get the visa and one day to go through the Haitian social services before our scheduled flight out on Saturday. It'll be tight (especially because of the problems Steven's application had in the past) but we're well prepared and if God wants this to happen, nothing will stop it. Thanks for your continued prayers!