So last weekend Babe and I took another trip, this time to a different side of the state about two hours away. His office organizes a staff retreat yearly and this would be his second time of participating since he joined the university three years ago. He couldn’t attend last year because he was pursuing me 😝 travelling all the way during summer to see me. Anyway,, this time we were given a lovely cabin to share with two other couples without children. Usually, staff who come with their entire families have bigger spaces. However couples like us had to share. It wasn’t bad at all except it was a retreat so certain inconveniences are expected. For example, we had to come with our blankets and pillows, which we forgot to bring by the way because we hurriedly packed up. And then bath soaps were unavailable. We stayed at this humble homestead in the Nazarene Camp The first night and second mornings were incredibly warm and we had no AC in the room. However the hall of meeting wa...
This is the story of Ayesha, a young christian immigrant who dared to cross the lines of her continent. In 2016, AYesha met her now husband through a mutual friend and thus began a long and beautiful journey that led to their marriage. During this time, neither herself nor her husband had a long term visa or permit to stay in the USA. He (her husband) had moved to the States for study and afterwards, begun to search for opportunities while still furthering his studies. This was the period that the new government under the leadership of Donald Trump was elected. Things got scary and difficult for the new couple. Ayesha was still in her home country. In fact her husband had just started thinking of marrying her. Many people told him he was shooting himself in the foot. He didn’t have a permanent staying visa. He just got a H1b which was just as well as if he was clearly not supposed to be in the country. The proper and “wise” thing to do, according to his friends was to get marrie...
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