Trip to the Border

On Monday we set off for our first long journey in the big car. We were excited, yet a little anxious about the real purpose for our trip. We needed to get a new VISA for Sheldon. We did research and asked other people and the consensus was that we much go to the boarder to obtain a new VISA. So off we set!

The truck did great and so did the girls. It took about 5 hours to reach the border town and everyone was in good spirits the whole time.

Dad and his dream car!

Hey back there Flora!

Lilly laying in the floor in the back of the truck

The idea was that Lee would drop us off near the border crossing and then stay with the girls in the town. (We did not want for Sheldon to have to pay for the car tax and the insurance that is required when going into Malawi.) Meanwhile Sheldon, me and Flora would walk on foot into the office and ask for passage into Malawi to visit for a few hours then return to Mozambique. At the point we would get a new VISA for her. The immigration officer wanted no part of help us do any of this. He had issues with some of my paper work and told us that Sheldon would first have to spend the night in Malawi and come back through tomorrow to get her VISA. All of this was nonsense and we think he just wanted money.

The building in the middle of the picture is immigration

Flora had never been outside of Mozambique and I think they felt sorry for her because they told us we could walk across the bridge into Malawi so that she could say she had been in Malawi.

Sheldon and Flora standing in Malawi.
That is as far as we got.

After the disappointment at the border we drove around the town of Milange. It is a beautiful town.

Praise the Lord that He had another way for Sheldon to stay with us. We were able to go to the immigration office in Quelimane and secure a VISA, despite everyone telling us that that would be impossible. Sheldon, God really wants you to stay with us and so do we!

Tracy