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A blog entry from March 12, 2010

A Wild Ride in the US of A

It was an amazing time packing up 6 students from ABC to head on tour to the United States.  Between getting passports for them and VISAs, it was one exciting event after another.  Because of a new system being put in place we were unable to get passports until the last minute and that only after being sent 4 hours away to have them done by the main office.  After a printer broke down (after one week of use in the new system) the students finally got their passports the second day while we were in Blantyre.  There was great rejoicing.

Then we had to wait a bit to get the US VISAs from our Embassy.  It seemed a bit touch and go as they communicated with the State Department to make sure we had applied for the right VISA type.

Finally, on the plane.  A first for 3 of the students and a first for all to go to the US.

Some of our observations: Escalators are a bit scary!  One thought he could make calls everyday to Malawi it was so cheap.  Shopping has been difficult in that they had the impression that everything was very cheap.  Where are all the skyscrapers - they thought they were supposed to be everywhere - that is what you see in the movies, right?

We are off to Memphis for 3 performances and a visit to the Civil Rights Museum tomorrow.

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#1 jacenta brandon

Enjoyed your performance in Memphis. It was such a joy; made me want to visit Malawi again. Thanks again for visiting, it was such a treat. God Bless

#2 Dehnert Family

We had such a marvelous time in Memphis.  Three wonderful, but different, performances from the Street Ministries to Independent Presbyterian (acoustic) and finally Second Presbyterian (electric and dancin').  Thanks for being part of the fun!

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