Trickle of News...

Guatemalan Coordinator wrote last night that "PGN has been without system these last days so difficult to register files that will be released". Makes sense because many who've emailed PGN as of late have not been getting a response for days or intermittant response. Elisa even told me that the computer screen was not available to update this week.

Hopefully, they will get their computer system up and running again so these babies can quickly be logged out. Our coordinator indicated that ours was one of the files she was pushing to have released.

There continues to be hope and thankfulness that the Lord helps us persevere through events such as these.

Please be in prayer for our facilitator and her colleages here in the states as they will be moving their offices over the weekend... for safety, ease and endurance to efficiently finish the task.

One More Done!

Heard back from the Embassy in Guatemala and they did not have our updated I-171-H but invited us to email of fax them a copy of ours and then they'd update our file in the computer. I was all over that one and took care of it immediately. So, one more hurdle crossed.

We received a mysterious email last Wednesday that stated our file was in PGN and they would check on it Wednesday the 24th. Strange, because we were told the file had been in PGN since the 18th of August and that they were checking on it at least twice a week. I guess we'll see what Wednesday holds.

I think they are handling so many cases that our information is not always accurate. I am thankful for the comfort the Lord gives in knowing all things and that I don't have to figure this mess out. ☺

Update on NVC Deal...

I hadn't heard back from the National Visa Center, so phoned them today. They told me that the updated I-171-H was sent to the Embassy in Guatemala yesterday 9/15/08. The nice lady also gave me the phone number to contact them directly about the update. They snail mail the thing, so I will most likely wait a week before phoning them about it.

At least there seems to have been some progress.

Another Interesting Bump...

Thought I'd call NVC (national visa center) and check to see if they had sent our updated I-171-H to the Guatemalan Embassy. They had no record of the updated form. They took down some information and said they'd call me back within 24 hours to let me know what their investigation lent. I am so glad to have called now rather than find out upon waiting for pink that there was a problem. I'll post an update when I hear something.

Also, there's no update on the status at PGN. Their computers have not been updated on my case since August 8th. It's been so nice to shoot an email rather than try to connect via Skype. Our case manager stated that she knows that the file was resubmitted. So we wait still.