We Received Our Visas!

It’s official. Yesterday we went to St. Polten, Austria to pick up our visas (even Caleb has one!). After spending over a year working on this, we are relieved that this process is finally over. These visas are good for one year and from what we hear are easily renewable.

We would like to thank you all so much for praying with us throughout this process. There were many times when we weren’t sure whether we would receive visas and knowing that we had your prayer support was what gave us peace. We’re thankful for the sense of stability this provides because it hasn’t been easy living in limbo.

As for life at the Oasis, we are gearing up for an Easter program on Monday. We have a short term worker with us from Kyrgyzstan, who speaks Russian and has been able to connect with many Russian speakers. We pray that many of the refugees will come to understand what Easter is about and will want to learn more about who Jesus is. We are continuing to see many refugees from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Kosovo, Sri Lanka, Kurdistan, Morocco, and even one man from Uruguay. We ask that you would continue to lift up this ministry and the refugees in your prayers.

As for us, we are thoroughly enjoying our new role as parents. Caleb will be two months old next week and we can’t believe how fast the time has gone. He is smiling and “talking” all the time. The weather has warmed up significantly in the last week or so. We have enjoyed taking Caleb on walks and seeing the world around us come back to life after a cold winter. We’re looking forward to having Dan’s parents come to visit at the beginning of May and Regan’s dad coming at the end of May. We know they’re all looking forward to meeting Caleb.

We hope you are all doing well and we hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend celebrating the gift of the resurrection of Christ.