Halfway there!

Yesterday, I received an exciting letter from Immigration Canada. My application to sponsor David was reviewed and a decision made about it on September 17. I have met the requirements and been pronounced eligible as a sponsor. Exciting news since my part of the application was the only thing we were really worried about. Even more exciting since we weren't expecting to hear anything about this until the middle or end of October.

David's application has been sent back to Ghana, to the Canadian High Commission in Accra, which is in charge of permanent residence applications for several countries in West Africa. They will be reviewing it and contacting him for any further documents or interviews as needed. Being the one who put everything together, I don't foresee any need for information to be added to what was sent, so I'm hoping that within a couple months, David will be called to come get his entrance visa.

Our prayer for the last several months has been that God would reunite us before the end of the year... even though that seems pretty doubtful when looking at the timelines given by Immigration Canada. But we know that God is more than able to do this and are believing that He knows what's best for us. I really can't see the benefits of this husband and wife being seperated for any longer than we already have been (next week will be six months!), but am praying for strength should God have more for us to learn. After the encouraging speed with which my application was processed, there is a good deal more hope in both of us that we really could get to spend Christmas together. I hope you will join us in praying for God's mercy and comfort in this trial, as well as asking Him, if He sees fit, to reunite us again with all speed.

I'll be sure to update as soon as any information is known on David's application.

Quick update

Not that there's much to say. We haven't heard anything from Immigration Canada yet, but the website says that they're working on applications received the week before ours, so hopefully in a few weeks, we'll hear something.

David and I are both fine, but extremely lonely. We've learned a lot about ourselves, about each other, and about making a marriage work in these past five months. As grateful as I am to learn those things, it's still VERY hard to be seperated from him for so long. All you wives out there, never take for granted the pleasure of welcoming your husband home at the end of the day with a kiss, hug, and warm dinner. I feel as if I've been deprived of all of my duties as a wife. Perhaps some wives feel like they'd enjoy that, but I absolutely loved, and thrived in, the months that I was able to be a wife. Yes, I'm very eagerly looking forward to having someone to take care of again.

As always, your prayers are appreciated. I know we're going to get through this thing okay, but having your prayers, thoughts, and concerns will only make it easier.