Do you need some of dat? Me 2.

Well i been stupid busy as per usual, actually trying to slow down a bit cuz in fact there's more i want to do! I'm relearning the whole thing of putting God first, Family next and Work after. It's a big release attempting that balance but someone once said that balance is trying to hold a tray of glasses steady on the shifting deck of a boat - you never really arrive.

Ya, well nuff a gwan.....but most recently something pretty amazing happened. My passport expired yesterday and South African visa expired early in May. i couldn't apply for another visa until i had received my passport back and i only realized the visa expiry date......after the expiry date. So i was in a tight situation and getting kinda stressed out but all the while doing my best to trust Him and leave it in His hands. Well i got my passport to the Canadian High Commission only to realize that i needed my citizenship card which i had lost. So i now had to apply for a new citizenship card all the while my visa had expired (thick eh?). But i have to say the Canadian High Commission was really good - it takes months to get a new citizenship card so as soon as i applied for it they began processing my passport and had it to Canada and back in about 2 weeks!

Next ting was SA Home Affairs. I needed to somehow get them to extend my visa so that i wouldn't have to take any expensive and inconvenient trips across borders, etc. On my first trip there with a letter of motivation from AE's Team Leader, Uncle Gregs, dude told me i had to go back home without reading the letter! ANyway, on my way out this guy from the UK gave me a "pssst" and furtively motioned me over - fraudlent visa's? fake passports? nope! he told me you just need to pay a fine when leaving the country.

Anway, i ended up going in with a colleague who does a lot of ministry in Home Affairs and after a conversation with a lady we had the way forward. I went in this past Tuesday morning and they gave me my visa right there and then - no fees, no photographs, no applications - all praises to Him who sits on the throne!

keep blessed!

Check this lynx from a local zoo sort of joint, kept hissing at me!