TOEFL Prep Class

Lesly is headed to the Haitian American Institute today to sign up for the TOEFL prep class!

For information on what the heck a TOEFL is, go here!

The TOEFL test is the most widely respected English-language test in the world, recognized by more than 7,500 colleges, universities and agencies in more than 130 countries. Wherever you want to study, the TOEFL test can help you get there.

Update coming soon...

...I am simply much better about keeping the facebook page updated.  If you aren't a fan of the facebook page, click the link on the right hand side ------->.

I'll post soon on what's up with Lesly.

Love,
Brooke

Scentsy (Online) Fundraising Party!

My dear friend, and fellow transplanted Southerner, Tonni, has graciously and generously offered to let me "host" an Online Scentsy party from which *ALL* of her commissions will be donated to Lesly's education account!

How cool is that?

A lot of your are buying Scentsy already, so why not purchase from this party - get a great product while supporting a great cause? It's not too early to start Christmas shopping, BUT, they have the most adorable Halloween and Thanksgiving warmers as well.

Fright Night Warmer

My personal favorite is part of the new Campus Collection. ROLL TIDE!

Click on either of these links to purchase from the Day for Danger Scensty Party.  Thank you so much Tonni!

http://www.curvyscents.com/scents4schools.html

https://tonni.scentsy.us/Buy?partyId=3429149

Thank you Aynn Thurman (Photography)

Remember the Photoshoot Raffle?  Kirsti Vogeler won.  Check out the great photos that Aynn took. 
Thank you so much to Aynn for this wonderful donation and to everyone who entered to win!

http://www.aynnthurmanphotography.com/2010/09/say-danger.html

BYU acceptance and visa appointment

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

Haitian Man Comes to Utah For College

I found this article today on the Deseret News site.

It's basically the exact same story of our Lesly.

Let's take this as a sign of hope that it can happen for him too!

Waiting, waiting, waiting...

I've had a few inquiries lately (thank you!) about where Lesly is at in the process so I thought a quick update would be in order.

We are still just waiting on September 17th.  On that day, BYU will email Lesly and let him know if he was accepted to the ELC or not.  If he was accepted, he will go for a visa interview on October 11th.

If he was not accepted, we will go back to Nomen Global.

Let me know if you have any questions.