no visa from Nairobi

We went to the Russian embassy early this morning and as we waited for the foreigner to get his visa in front of us, we were informed that WE could not get a visa into Russia. What the..........?!! So now we have about 4 hours to book a flight outta this country because our Kenya visa expires on saturday. Not a lot of time to seek the Lord on this subject so we have to rely on sheer ole continual intimacy and the relationship that we all should continually abide in!! So options are:
1) go to London and try again at the embassy there
2) stay somewhere in Africa and ditch Russia altogether
3) go back to Canada and take stock of things

Decision has to be made ASAP, sooner even! If you read this, pray for some direction for us. Money is an option and time is an option. We need to get outta Nairobi agora mesmo rapido rapido!!! STRESS IS NOT AN OPTION.

perseverance equals.......um, uh............something?

It's starting to get hilarious. Elena (from the Russian embassy) takes all our passports yesterday and tells us to call her today, even though it's a day off for them. We try to call her but the number she gives us cannot be reached by cell phone. So we get to a landline and try again where we talk to this guy who says she's not in but to call back in an hour. We call back to the same number and all we get is the SCREEEEEEECH of a fax machine thing!! We call back a couple more times to no avail. So now we are stuck in Nairobi yet another day, but this day we have not our passports. Like I said, it's starting to get hilarious. Our Kenya visa expires on saturday so regardless of Russia, we have to be out of Kenya by then. So, tomorrow we drive to the Russian Embassy (again) and see what's happening. So, yeah, Russia HAS TO be good, cause it is proving to be one hard place to get into.

Nairobi, Kenya

Yep, here am I. We went to the Russian embassy here in Nairobi this morning and were well recieved by Elena. At first she said we absolutely COULD NOT get a visa to Russia, but after I explained the situation to her (and how embassy's should actually operate(?)) she was more than happy to give us applications and help us however we needed. She could not give us our visas but was going to talk to her superior, who she said was the one who could issue the visa. She gave us her phone number and said we could check back tomorrow morning to see if the applications would be approved.

So we hang in Nairobi till then. It's a very dangerous city and we dare not venture out at night. A tourist makes it about half a block before they get mugged!! It is an incredibly modernized city though. Not a whole lot of room for evangelizin though, since I haven't met one person here who does not know Jesus!! Anyways, I hope the next time I write anything on Blogger I'll be in Russia!

next up.....NAIROBI

Yep, the Russian embassy here in Dar es Salaam is giving us such a hard time that we are packing our bags, and heading north into Kenya to try the Russian embassy in Nairobi for our visa.

It's crazy; entering Russia should not be this hard. It reminds me of all the times that the Apostle Paul tried to go places and was hindered, but he wasn't discouraged and kept going and going, till he got there. The Lord's timing is perfect, and I still truly believe He wants me to help out with this missions school in Armavir. I'm not discouraged in the least, only more excited for what Jesus has in store for myself and the Russians down there. Prayer would still be muchly appreciated though. Thanks!

Oh, and check out the new set of links in my sidebar entitled "VIDEOS'' (right under my ''PHOTOGARPHY''). I separated all into different categories for you. Is this blog user friendly or what?!!