It's never easy...is it?

As some of you have heard, we have has issues with out visa application.

In case you missed it, here is the story:

After having an online bill payment be denied yesterday, Nic called our bank to see what was going on. Apparently they placed a "random" security hold on our account last Wednesday. Unfortunately, the UK Border Agency tried to collect payment for our visa applications on Thursday and were denied. And our previous leave to remain has expired

Nic spoke to UKBA this morning. They said this most likely means our visa applicaiton is invalid. However, there is a small chance they might just send us a letter saying your payment did not go through, please pay the fee. IF this is the case, all we need to go is pay the fee and we wont have to reapply. However if our visa appliacation is rendered invalid, we have 28 days from the expiration of our visa (October 12) to re-apply before we have to leave the country.

Right now we are stuck waiting until officially (via post) from UKBA. There is nothing we can do in the meantime as they have all of our documentation- passports, marriage license, birth certificates, etc.  We covet your prayers in this hectic time. Please pray that we would get the easy way out and be able to pay the fee and not have to re-apply.

Other prayer needs:

- Ashley has TMJ -in short it is a jaw disorder which causes clench and grinding of teeth that results in extreme pain in the face and headaches and fatigue. She needs to wear a mouth guard at night; however we left it at the hotel we were staying at this weekend. We were hoping they would have kept it and they could post it to us, but they threw it away. Ashley now does not have a mouth guard and is starting to feel the affects. It is a catch-22 because she needs to go to the dentist to get fitted for another guard, however until we get a visa we cannot see the doctor or dentist.

-Ashley has really started to make connections at work. Pray that she would continue to build these and be a good example of Christ in her work place.

- Nic woke up last night with some stomach issues (we will spare you the detials). We are not sure if it is a virus, flu or food posioning. Please pray for healing and that he would recover soon! Also pray that his is not something serious as we cannot see a doctor until we get our visa approved.

- Also please pray for Nic and his sleep. He has been having a rough time sleeping through the night. He had this similar thing happen last semester and it really began to affect him. Please pray for him to get good sleep and not to be woken up in the night.

In general just please pray for us as we feel like things are getting more diffucult and we are feeling a lot of push back. We feel like we may be under attack and experiencing a bit of spiritual warfare.  Please pray for protection over us.