Yes, that's true...!!! We've (all three of us) just get visas to United States of America. And it is B1 (business and leisure visit purposes), multiple entry valid for 5 years..!!!
Praise the LORD for HE is GREAT.
And the most amazing thing is, we've got it all approved in A DAY (and not 3 months or so which is more typical for citizen of Moslem country).
First of all, we DIDN'T (I repeat, we d-i-d n-o-t) apply for this type visa. We're simply applying for social visit or vacation visa (which normally valid for short period and single entry). We had never expected that the interviewer (whom happen to be a very polite bloke) grant us B1 visa instead. Considering he just ask me one question (which is, tell me about your job full stop).
The mighty queue outside US embassy... luckily, it much shorter when we were there..!!!
While in the queue, Yusdi happen to talk to a man in front of him (at least try to make the wait more "enjoyable"), and guess what... he is a Christian too..!! So they involved in a long chat. He said that he came from South Korea and had came to England to help the church here. He gave Yusdi a warm shakehand when he knew that he had met another born again christian. What an encouragement...!!!
We've spent the whole day to travel all the way to London and to queue (from 10 a.m to 8 p.m) and we were all exhausted. On the outward journey, our X4 bus broke down. But thanks God that it happened only several kilometre out of central bus station so a replacement bus quickly can be sent and we arrived on time at US embassy...!!! It has proven that God had purpose even for this. Because our bus was slightly late, we couldn't catch the silverlink train scheduled at 10.38, instead we had to take the one at 10.57, and that is the nicest silverlink train I've ever seen (it even still smells NEW...!!!) And....it goes straight from Milton Keynes train station non-stop to London..!!! (We buy a cheap day return, which normally stop numerous of times before reaching destination).
Oh yes, and another thing... yesterday we read the weather forecast for London was supposedly gloomy and cloudy. But nothing close to that today. It was glorious sunshine all day long. Guess our master is in control...!!!
And not forgetting the fact that our interview appointment was scheduled on the 1st November. Should it be the 2nd November, we all will be in deep trouble because silverlink train is on strike that day (which is tomorrow) and there will be NO train from northampton or milton keynes to London.
On the way home, we accidentally took the wrong bus (I mean, the right number... but WRONG DIRECTION). The bad news is, our ticket is single entry... that means to take another direction we had TO PAY AGAIN...!!! (And it was hefty 2 pound per person for 1.4 miles).
We were so exhausted, and I was so desperate that I nearly took a cab. But our great and mighty Lord stretched His merciful hand again.....We decided to catch the bus on opposite direction, and try to explain what happen to the driver. Without much arguing about, the driver whisper and said "Actually I don't care, I know what you mean, so just hop in.... you don't need to pay". That's truly amazing. Our Lord just save us our money.
So what we've learn today is, God is faithful... (even when we are not) and He is indeed the Master of EVERYTHING (we've seen this a lot today..!!!). His plan and His thought is much better than us human... by FAR. It's a wise choice to trust your life matter in His hand. For He is all knowing, and moreover... a merciful God. We had a tremendous encouragement today.
United States of America... here we come...!!!
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