Many months ago I began the process of applying for a Missionary Visa so that I could go to Brasil to serve God and stay there for 18 months. When I left over a month ago from the States I had not heard a final word on my visa, so I came on my tourist visa. I came in the hopes that with God's help I would receive my missionary visa and residency status while in Brasil and find a way to stay there. I did receive word that my missionary visa had been APPROVED and then I began to search for a way to change to my missionary visa. I did not find that way. So instead I am traveling back to the US for a short trip to finalize my visa and enter Brasil on my missionary visa. That being said I will be in the USA from August 19 to Sept 7th. I am flying in and out of Boston and going to Minneapolis for a few days in the middle (25-30).
I was reminded by a friend that when things come into our lives that we do not understand and have not planned for, both good or bad, that we need to not ask "Why" but ask "Who." I don't know the why, but I do know the Who. God in his sovereignty has allowed this to happen in my life, and I will praise Him through it.
I have had many emotions and thoughts that go through my mind when I think about the fact that after only a month and a half I will be going back to the USA. From feelings of defeat and failure for only making it for such a short time, to happiness that I will once again see friends and family that I dearly miss, to wonder at what God could be doing through this, and to finally understanding that for so many different reasons some I am beginning to see and some I may never know, God has ordained for me to travel back to the states and to praise Him through it. So that is what I am trying to do! In all things to give Him Preeminence, for He is worthy of all our praise, our Creator, Redeemer, and Savior.
So that being said if you are near Methuen or Minneapolis and want to see me, please let me know, I would love to see you!
Hope to see you soon!
Joy
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