Work Permit Update

Well we have good news and bad news...and some potential news...

I know most people like the bad news first and then the good, but I will do the good and then the bad for the sake of clarity and sequence of recent events.

The Good:  We have officially been accepted to receive work permits!  This is great news because this means that we will not have to exit and enter the country every six months to keep from becoming an illegal visitor.  

The Bad:  We have been denied the fee exemption for the work permit that we were hoping qualify for.  The fee is rather significant and we were hoping to get out of paying, but it seems like that door is closing (quickly).  We were denied because the churches that we are working with (and sponsoring us) are not listed as a non-profit entity but rather an LLC.  Therefore when the government looks at the legal status of the churches they see a private, incorporated entity.  All that to say it looks like we are employed by the local church here and not by a non-profit church and your generosity back home.

The Potential:  As we have been denied the exemption from the governmental committee, we are hoping that the local member of Parliament (MP) may be able to come through for us.  Hopefully the MP can put in a good word for us to the Minister of Labor!  The probability of this working is slim, but we are praying that God will work even where there is little light of hope shinning!  So please pray with us for this prospect, so that even in this we may rejoice and celebrate His provision and His wonder-working power! 

"The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he ​turns it wherever he will." Proverbs 21:1