{"id":6205,"date":"2020-03-30T16:27:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6205"},"modified":"2020-04-01T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T06:37:30","slug":"visas-applied-for-please-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/03\/30\/visas-applied-for-please-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Visas applied for, please pray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/blog-visas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6206\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/blog-visas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/blog-visas.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/blog-visas-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our plans for visiting missionary colleagues in Mozambique flew out the window with the advent of the Covid19 pandemic.\u00a0 We had not only hoped to catch up with our buddies, the Vianas, but we wanted to renew our South African visas.\u00a0 Thankfully the minister of Home Affairs, during a panel discussion addressing all the facets of effects of the virus, reassured all foreign nationals holding visas that they (we) are part of the community, and that visa renewals will be facilitated, even those that wouldn\u2019t usually be renewed, like ours, which have already had a 3 month extension added.\u00a0 We normally would have had to leave the country for a period of time, but because we are to stay put, we have turned in our applications and now await the results.\u00a0 Our son Sam and his family are currently applying for visas as well, for longer term than ours.\u00a0 We would appreciate your prayers for these, that our passports all would soon hold the precious permission to stay legally in this country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=6205&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our plans for visiting missionary colleagues in Mozambique flew out the window with the advent of the Covid19 pandemic.\u00a0 We had not only hoped to catch up with our buddies, the Vianas, but we wanted to renew our South African &hellip; 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