Ponchatoula? Wow - sorry, just read your post in the Petitioner's Abroad thread and also saw you mentioned New Zealand...I'm originally from Lake Charles, and married to a Kiwi. Couldn't pass up the opportunity to say HI.
Heyyy how funny!! You don't like in Lake Charles now though? I am actually British but my husband and I are living in New Zealand at the moment and applying for my visa from here.