Ithaca Update
Well, I guess it's time to update you on what is happening with our move to the Empire State. Well, it is still happening, but we have experienced a significant delay in terms of our Visa application. In order to work in the States you need a Visa, if you are not a citizen. The Visa I am applying for is an R-1 Visa, or a religious workers visa. This allows the applicant to work in a religious institution provideing religious services. Normally, these are quite straight forward, if someone is working within the same denomination. So, if you are a Baptist in Canada, you can quite easily move to a Baptist congregation in America, and so on. One of the issues in my case is that the church I am going to is not part of a denomination, it is an independent inter-denominational church. So, both the church and I need to supply evidence that I am in fact part of the same "denomination". This has been done by supplying all the documents that show I am licensed and connected with