Well, friends, it has been a long road of American paperwork and Bulgarian translations, diplomatic governmental redtape and, finally, with all of our "homework" completed to the best of our ability, we went to apply in person at the Bulgarian consulate in Washington. We received our paperwork back from Bulgaria all translated and ready to hand over. These papers that had just travelled in the last two weeks to Bulgaria and back, arrived at our house Monday at noon and we were on the road by 3 pm.
We six packed in the car and headed out on our journey.
In Washington finally and excited to get all of this "work" turned in, we rushed into the office and handed over our paperwork. All was in order except for one background check that wasn't to their specification. We were a bit disappointed, but we decided to spend the rest of the afternoon roaming around the Lincoln Memorial, World War II Memorial, Washington Monument, and several of the Smithsonian Museums (they are all free and very worth it if you are heading there, but parking in DC is a nightmare).
We have come back home, searched for the correct background check and are hoping and PRAYING that the one we have now is sufficient. I just went to Atlanta today to get the apostille seal on it, and we will be faxing it to the consulate tomorrow. Our advocate (in Bulgaria) will also be calling them in the morning to explain our case, so PLEASE help us pray that we find favor in the eyes of these officials. We also need these visas approved and returned in the next four weeks. We have heard that this is difficult, but we KNOW nothing is impossible with God. In my time this morning I read this scripture in Phil. 2:19-20, "For I KNOW that this shall turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ shall even now, as ALWAYS, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death."
Please join with us in agreement that these things will work together for our good because we know Phil. 2:13 that, "it is God who is at work in us, both to will and to work for HIS good pleasure."
We six packed in the car and headed out on our journey.
In Washington finally and excited to get all of this "work" turned in, we rushed into the office and handed over our paperwork. All was in order except for one background check that wasn't to their specification. We were a bit disappointed, but we decided to spend the rest of the afternoon roaming around the Lincoln Memorial, World War II Memorial, Washington Monument, and several of the Smithsonian Museums (they are all free and very worth it if you are heading there, but parking in DC is a nightmare).
We have come back home, searched for the correct background check and are hoping and PRAYING that the one we have now is sufficient. I just went to Atlanta today to get the apostille seal on it, and we will be faxing it to the consulate tomorrow. Our advocate (in Bulgaria) will also be calling them in the morning to explain our case, so PLEASE help us pray that we find favor in the eyes of these officials. We also need these visas approved and returned in the next four weeks. We have heard that this is difficult, but we KNOW nothing is impossible with God. In my time this morning I read this scripture in Phil. 2:19-20, "For I KNOW that this shall turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ shall even now, as ALWAYS, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death."
