Dear Praying Friends,
Thank you so much for your continued prayers for our visa situation. So far we know that we do have a case worker that has looked at the nomination by the church plant we will be working at, Grace Baptist Church. Other than that we have not heard anything from the immigration office. I am in hopes that no news is good news. Please continue to pray that the Lord would provide these visas soon. We are waiting on the Lord, but we are excited about serving Him in Australia.
Recently I emailed my lawyer Andrew to find out if he had heard anything from the immigration office to which he said no, and then he told me that he would be leaving the company. This is just one more wrinkle in the whole process. So to iron out the wrinkle we had to choose to either stay with Andrew or let him go and be appointed another lawyer with the legal firm we started with. We have chosen to stay with the company and let Andrew focus on his new clients at his new place of employment. It seems to me that we should not need the lawyer to do much more if our application has been completed properly. My prayer is that the Lord would provide the visa and this decision will not really matter.
We have been busy serving in our local church. The Lord has opened doors where we can fill in while we wait. Also, God has provided meetings at some of our supporting churches which has been an extra special blessing. It is so good to see familiar faces and to be encouraged by folks telling you they are praying for the visas.
Thank you for your prayers and for taking the time to check this blog. May God bless you.
In Christ,
Mark Pitts and Family
