We found out last Friday that Lesly has been accepted to the BYU ELC program! While this has no influence whatsoever on whether or not he gets a Visa, it certainly doesn't hurt to be accepted to a school with a reputation like BYU and it also speaks volumes about Lesly as a person. He had to do a lot of work to get his application ready for BYU, including waiting for hours and hours to speak with his Bishop, who was moving to the United States the very next day.
I have now made him an appointment for another visa interview at the US Embassy in Port au Prince. Basically, Lesly has to "convince" the Americans working at the Embassy that he will, indeed, return to Haiti when he is done with his schooling. As you can imagine, this is a very hard thing to prove for a young man who is not married and has no children in Haiti. It makes me wonder how they decide who gets a visa and who doesn't. As we ready a couple of weeks ago, a young man, not married, no kids, got a visa to come to school in Ogden. He's no different than Lesly, but he was granted a visa while Lesly was denied one last time.
His visa appointment is on Tuesday, October 12th at 6:30am.
So, fingers crossed please, and prayers said on knees if you are the praying type, would be much appreciated.
Much love to all of you for your support, emotional and otherwise. Love, Brooke
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