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well top of the morning to the lot of you and let me tell you that this rash of recent updates/posts has been most encouraging and delightful.

now for one of my own. it's amazing to me the extent and wonder of God's faithfulness. As some of you know, I received, finally, a VISA to return to New York and continue working with Metro. All I have right now is the notification email, I still have to wait for the actual paperwork, and I need to have an interview with the kind folks at tne U.S. consulate in Vancouver. When I got the email, I didn't even know what to think. I had received an email from them before with a massive denial on it. so opening this one was a little tense. and when i saw 'approved' on that email...it was a shock. it made me excited. it made me nervous. i had to look at it for a few minutes, reading it over and over, just to see if this was actually for real. it's been a wild few days, where i've been doing a camp with my church, and hanging out with grade 6 boys throughout the week, and i've literally had no time to actually sit down and process this. but, again, the theme of faithfulness sticks out, and even in these eight months of being at home, waiting, wondering, and working, i've strayed many times, and the weak attempts that i put towards the Father are rewarded with...my visa. it's an awing thing. an awesome thing.

i thank you for praying, for lifting me up. please continue this as i go through with this interview (which i was told by metro that they would prepare me for it...sounds somewhat intimidating...) and as i carry on, adjusting to life in the big city, life in the ghettos of the big city, again. love you all. bless you.

scotty grace. (graceful scotty).