Temporary Resident's Visa
Dear Friends,
I will be leaving Addis Ababa in a very few days to return to my home in Hosanna.
When I arrived in Ethiopia, almost 2 weeks ago, I was told by my administrator that
renewing my resident's visa would take three days. I knew to not get too excited about that expectation.
For the past 4 years, obtaining the resident's visa and renewing it has been a very frustrating experience. I will save you the details. Even though it took longer than ever to get the visa renewed this year, it was by far the easiest for me. I continued with other work here at the SIM Guest House while a person, trained to collect this document for the Kale Heywet (Word of Life) Church expatriots, did all the foot work.
This document is necessary if I am to stay in the country for more than six months each year. I must be represented by a non-government agency in Ethiopia; present all
my legal documents and letters; plus: diplomas, transcripts, and birth certificate to the Ministry of Labor to first obtain a Work Permit. This is taken to the Ministry of Immigration for the final I.D. card; approving temporary residence for one year.
Praise the Lord! It is done and I have an appointment on Friday afternoon to pick up the laminated I.D. card. Then, I will be heading back to Hosanna on Saturday a.m.
I have much to be thankful for. I have been writing about some of the wonderful connections my Heavenly Father had arranged this summer and more recently. The latest is with a team from a church in England. One person in that group, John, is an inventor of printing machines which all the major printing companies in England, America, and Canada use.
John kept asking what he could do to help. He offered to send wheelchairs from England but I told him that that had already been worked out with "Joni and Friends."
Then, one day when he was telling me about the printing machines he had invented, I let him know that the Bible College students could not afford to purchase even copies of text books which have British Publishers.
John took off with this idea, embraced it and asked me if I could get the names of the textbooks. While I was still talking with him I received a phone call from the Academic Dean of the Bible College, Wondimu. Right then, in those moments I introduced the two men over the phone, received the list and number of books needed that evening, and John put me in touch with an organization that sales Christian Textbooks in Africa at cost. John will pay for the books and the shipping, DHL.
So many good things happen if we follow The Word and "wait on the Lord." It is all in His timing. If I had gotten the visa renewed in three days I would have been in Hosanna long before now and would have never met John. God sent an angel!
How can I express my gratitude except to say:
"To Him be the glory and may He be exalted!" I am only one of millions in the Body of Christ, through whom He blesses others and works out His plans.
Yes, in a world that seems upside-down at times, there are still good things going on.
Thank you for letting me share just one of many which I have become aware of these past two weeks. And, will you join me in thanking God for my renewed visa and for the college textbooks? Thank you!
A Happy Servant,
Dee Donalson
I will be leaving Addis Ababa in a very few days to return to my home in Hosanna.
When I arrived in Ethiopia, almost 2 weeks ago, I was told by my administrator that
renewing my resident's visa would take three days. I knew to not get too excited about that expectation.
For the past 4 years, obtaining the resident's visa and renewing it has been a very frustrating experience. I will save you the details. Even though it took longer than ever to get the visa renewed this year, it was by far the easiest for me. I continued with other work here at the SIM Guest House while a person, trained to collect this document for the Kale Heywet (Word of Life) Church expatriots, did all the foot work.
This document is necessary if I am to stay in the country for more than six months each year. I must be represented by a non-government agency in Ethiopia; present all
my legal documents and letters; plus: diplomas, transcripts, and birth certificate to the Ministry of Labor to first obtain a Work Permit. This is taken to the Ministry of Immigration for the final I.D. card; approving temporary residence for one year.
Praise the Lord! It is done and I have an appointment on Friday afternoon to pick up the laminated I.D. card. Then, I will be heading back to Hosanna on Saturday a.m.
I have much to be thankful for. I have been writing about some of the wonderful connections my Heavenly Father had arranged this summer and more recently. The latest is with a team from a church in England. One person in that group, John, is an inventor of printing machines which all the major printing companies in England, America, and Canada use.
John kept asking what he could do to help. He offered to send wheelchairs from England but I told him that that had already been worked out with "Joni and Friends."
Then, one day when he was telling me about the printing machines he had invented, I let him know that the Bible College students could not afford to purchase even copies of text books which have British Publishers.
John took off with this idea, embraced it and asked me if I could get the names of the textbooks. While I was still talking with him I received a phone call from the Academic Dean of the Bible College, Wondimu. Right then, in those moments I introduced the two men over the phone, received the list and number of books needed that evening, and John put me in touch with an organization that sales Christian Textbooks in Africa at cost. John will pay for the books and the shipping, DHL.
So many good things happen if we follow The Word and "wait on the Lord." It is all in His timing. If I had gotten the visa renewed in three days I would have been in Hosanna long before now and would have never met John. God sent an angel!
How can I express my gratitude except to say:
"To Him be the glory and may He be exalted!" I am only one of millions in the Body of Christ, through whom He blesses others and works out His plans.
Yes, in a world that seems upside-down at times, there are still good things going on.
Thank you for letting me share just one of many which I have become aware of these past two weeks. And, will you join me in thanking God for my renewed visa and for the college textbooks? Thank you!
A Happy Servant,
Dee Donalson
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