I Got My Visa! Leaving July 10 with Anthony!

It was truly an amazing day!

Everything lined up and Divine Grace intervened!

The Brazilian Consulate granted me an emergency visa today due largely to the fact that I'd gotten a letter from my brother written by his psychiatrist stating his condition. Without that letter, nothing could have happened. And if yesterday I hadn't put a hold on my mail for today, allowing me to pick it up at 9:30am this morning (rather than getting it delivered at 2pm).

My new passport was with today's mail! The last appointment at the consulate is at 11am, so time was of the essence. After the post office I drove to Mill Valley and met Anthony and his psychiatrist in the parking lot of the doctor's building. The doctor handed Anthony the letter and Anthony handed it to me. And I was off to San Francisco. No traffic. Easy parking. I got there in 20 minutes.

The next obstacle: I didn't have an appointment with the consulate for today, but for next Tuesday (the earliest I could get). But I went anyway, hoping that my Visa application would be accepted (though I used my old passport number to fill out the application b/c I hadn't gotten my new passport yet). Hoping they would give me an appointment even though I wasn't scheduled for that day. Hoping they would honor the doctor's letter. Hoping they would be able to generate a visa in just a few hours, because my plane ticket is for tomorrow at 1:30pm.

And ...

I got it!!!

Lessons from today:

You must be 100% behind your desire for it to manifest into reality. No ambivalence. No half-assed-ness. Through the whole day I kept visioning them handing me the visa and Anthony and I boarding the plane together. I never gave other options energy.

Prayer is powerful!!

Faith is powerful!

I believe in God (The One) completely!

In gratitude,

Maria