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This morning when I woke up I ran to my computer just like I have every single day for the past two weeks to see if there was any news about my visa and guess what......today there was news. Very disappointing news. They received word from the British Government that my request for a TWES Permit was unsuccessful. Mainly because of my qualifications and experience. What? Isn't that why you get TRAINING? To gain qualifications and experience??? Anyway, seven out of ten permits were granted. Three were not. Funny, seven and three are my lucky numbers. Not anymore, I guess. So, they are going to resubmit the paperwork and try again but informed me not to get my hopes up because it is unlikely that the second attempt will be any more successful than the first. I believe that I must have gotten the meanest, nastiest, most evil jerk to process my application and am hoping this time I get a very pretty, friendly, sweet angel.
But, we aren't giving up so easily. Kirk and I are going to see if there is any other way for me to enter the UK and participate in the program. We're exploring a visitor visa instead of a training visa. I have come too far and overcome too many obstacles to give up now. I didn't think there was any way Southwest Airlines would grant me a leave of absence....but they did. I didn't think I could raise enough money.....but I did.
I am feeling a lot of different emotions right now. Mostly I'm confused as to what the message is supposed to be in all of this. I have felt very strongly from the beginning of this journey that God wants me to go to London and participate in this program. Why else would He clear my schedule the way He has and make it possible? But, we don't always understand His plan and I'm trying really hard to just accept that. I still believe that if He wants me to go, He'll get me there.
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so did the other person from the u.s. get their permit approved? i was reading about the training permits (which to be quite honest, seem rather elitist to me, but whatever) and my guess is because you don't "work" for alpha here in the states, any alpha experience/education you have isn't considered "experience" according to their guidelines. plus, i don't know if they view to be "at the beginning of your career" or if they're deeming that you could receive this training in the u.s. instead of the u.k.
i think you should just write them a note and say, "i'm very christian." use some cheesy christianese line, and see if they'll take pity on you because you sound so ridiculous. that should work great.
I still have faith it'll all work out. I'll put my praying into superdrive :)
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