As the political debate rages over immigration, we hope that our own family immigration drama will come to a close in the near future. Claudia and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary this October. That means
we started her residency process 9 years ago in Chile before we ever moved to the US. For a few years she had a temporary residency card but “surrendered” it upon request of the INS (now Homeland Security) since she was to receive her permanent residency card “very soon”. That was five years ago. Since then, responses to our letters and phone calls have transitioned from “approval” to “we have no record of you” to a verbal
“the files are lost, you will need to start over”. All I can say (without sinning) is: WOW! And to think that the current immigration debate on is how to track those that DO NOT want to be found.
Please pray that our leaders would have wisdom and understanding as they consider changes to an immigration system that is painfully flawed. Thankfully we have copies of all our documents, and at this point
we have decided to skip residency and apply for citizenship, having sent in the before the cost moves from a $400 non refundable fee to $800. Please join us in prayer as we await what we hope will be a positive response, and that the rest of the process would move ahead smoothly.
Jeremy has been praying for snow for the past two weeks. We drove up in clear skys, spent the first day in 70 degree weather and then woke up to 8" of snow followed by two beautifully clear days! And to think daddy was telling him not to get his hopes up. I have a lot to learn from the faith of my child!
Picknick on top of Heavenly Valley Ski Resort
Jason Tumlinson, Lana Tumlinson (Kevin's sister), Ty Tumlinson, Bob & Bitta Abegg (Grandma & Grandpa), Jeremy, Kevin, Claudia and Nicholas.
