With A Little Help From My Friends

The week of horrible news has finally ended and Pieter and I are moving forward with determination! Continuing to maintain a marriage while communicating through limited time over skyping conversations and working around a six hour time difference is stressful. Long distance has become our usual by now, but I would give just about anything to have even a day to be with my husband in person.

I continue to work at Cracker Barrel as a waitress and Pieter is working in the Netherlands with a temp agency at a fertilizer packaging company. We both enjoy our jobs and are thankful to have a steady income, as well as, understanding employers who know a little about our situation and allow me to leave for short period's of time to visit Pieter in the Netherlands.

This past week we have been working with our immigration lawyer to come up with a plan of action in getting Pieter's waiver packet completed and turned in. We hoped to have this accomplished by the beginning of June. The next countdown of 3-5 months for processing will begin once the fees are paid and the packet is mailed. 

With this waiver comes a fee that we were anticipating and that we, with our small salaries, could handle. It also came with another unexpected fee for processing. This payment must be made before any more progress on the waiver can take place. The result of waiting to save up enough money means Pieter's return will continue to be pushed further and further away.

Both Pieter and I feel immensely blessed from the amount of prayers and steady followers that did not drop us at the first sign of delay in the beginning! We can truly say to those who have been able to keep up- wow ... and thank you! And to those who have shown concern and given much needed hugs- thank you!

We ask each of you now, humbly, and with grateful hearts, that you would be in prayer and consideration of helping me and Pieter with the processing fees in order to quickly file the waiver and bring Pieter back to America.
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