{"id":10585,"date":"2021-09-01T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=10585"},"modified":"2021-08-31T09:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:35:46","slug":"the-visa-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2021\/the-visa-journey.html","title":{"rendered":"The Visa Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10585\" data-postid=\"10585\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10585 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n\n<p>Recently I was skimming through some past emails, and I was reminded about what a major, constant issue our visa paperwork was. Especially 2017 and earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/migracion.png\" alt=\"Visa renewal form\" class=\"wp-image-10586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/migracion.png 450w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/migracion-300x141.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Another form!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, Nathanael&#8217;s visa has been taking up some of our time lately, but nothing like it used to! Nevertheless, because he is under 18, he still needs to renew twice more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We would appreciate your prayers as we travel and as we go through the renewal process this week.<\/strong> Please pray for safety in travel (we have to go to the other side and Mexico City, and then on to another city &#8211; Toluca, which is the capitol of our state), and that the renewal process will go smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re very thankful that we&#8217;ve come so far in this process, and that we&#8217;re able to live here in Mexico and continue the ministry. Please continue to pray for the work of the Lord here. This week I saw in the news that a young man had (apparently) hung himself on a tree branch here in Ixtapaluca. Satan is hard at his murderous, lying work. 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