monnik

How's the vacation searching going?? I want to go soooo bad! We're waiting on Mina's dad though. Once we find out what dates he will be here, it will be easier to plan a vacation!! I'm gonna do some searching, too.

OMGGGG......

Thank you soooooooooooo much Tammy!! I can't believe I just now saw this message... I am just not here as much as I used to be. We don't have a computer right now. Most of my stuff is viewed from my phone.... But, WOW~ you are such a good friend!!!! Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes.

Jan 22nd will be 3 1/2 yrs

You are always gonna be 4 months ahead of us!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! Sometimes, 3 years feels like such a long time! So much has happened....

I hope you have an amazing day!

maims

Sadly, I recently finished this thread. To all of Dawn's friends, keep her precious memory with you at all times. You are all very lucky to have spent quality time with her. To her husband and her family, tradgically she was taken away from you & it's a heartbreaking shock to your systems.... this is where my sympathies are extended in their fullest capacity.

hone

mine has been doing that too..... it is impossible to fast reply because it keeps refreshing the page.... has anyone im'd ewok ?

We went to the office a couple of days after he got here and they told us that he had to be in the US for 10 days before he could apply.... so we went a week or so later... after we applied, he got it in about 2 weeks....

He arrived on March 6th and his greencard came about the 24th or so of March.

Hope that helps.

My husband hasn't stopped eating pork since he arrived. He wishes he could eat it at every meal.... it was one of his favorite foods in Egypt, but it was so hard to buy and find well-prepared. He loves polish sausages, ham & bacon!! Those are his favorites.... if it's unhealthy, then he's in trouble.....

Hey, Nagi !!!

I just ran across this thread... and I am so overly excited for you !!

I hope that you and your SO have a very lenghty and God-filled union

with the finale in His eternal kingdom !!!

God bless you, girl.... do some dancing... !!!!!!!!!!

Greetings from SC !!!!

I haven't been checking in much lately because we were so busy ! But, we arrived safe & sound. Mina is enjoying the cool air and the sunshine. He loves the weather & the food. I will post a couple of pics here.

Randomly, does anyone know what happens next ? We went to apply for his ss card, but they said he had to be in the country 10 days before he could apply. I got him a driver's manual to study for his license. What else do we need to do ? I will check the USCIS page today and work on our resumes....

Hope you all have a great Tuesday !

PICS----

my nieces on the baby's birthday

our arrival --- my sister wrote all over both cars that came to pick us up !!!

my grandmother when she was younger... she's 82 now...

mina, grandma, nicky, and my niece

mina with my niece

nicky, my sister, mina

That's enough, folks !! Talk to you all later.

Ayesha,

what kind of cell phone does he has ? Mina used to have a Nokia phone & we connected it to the computer with a USB cable and used a program called NOKIA SUITE to save the text messages from his SIM card... maybe he can do that

Right now, me & Mina are in the Cairo airport waiting for our plane that takes off in about an hour & a half..... take care everybody !!!

When is your cruise? I was on a cruise once. I was awesome.

Jackie

(now I'm gonna cruise on The Love Boat )

Yeah, Olivia !

Where is your cruise going to in Mexico ?? The Gulf? Baja California ?

If you happen to port in Cabo, tell the migos at Squid Roe I said wassup !!

HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK !!

Okay for those of you who are having your Interview........you will receive a DHL tracking number. You can use the site below to track your package. Also you can see under more options Track by e-mail where you can sign up for email alerts and everytime your visa packet moves even within the embassy the DHL package is scanned and you will receive an e-mail noification from DHL.

DHL Track by number

However, if the pick up date does not change then it is still within the embassy....even if it says DHL Facility - Cairo Egypt.

Hope this helps you all.

Cheryl

What is this tracking? I am confused.

It tracks when the embassy sends your visa. If you look up the number on the receipt your husband would have received when he paid the dhl fee at his interview, you'll see a pickup date maybe and that will correspond to the date the fee was picked up, not when an item was picked up. That is what I saw for a few months but now it just shows my number but no pickup date. I used to check this everyday and then gave up. lol

Don't give up, bridg !! We had about 3 or 4 different DHL numbers that we were tracking & for months, none of them moved... then, one day we checked dhl.com and that's when I posted the DHL package was being picked up from the embassy. DON"T LOSE THOSE TRACKING NUMBERS... ok ?

The one that they wound up using was the one that we used to send our packet 3 with... not the one from his interview! So, make sure you guys keep track of all the different waybill numbers.....

Have any of you ever thought..

screw it! Im moving to (insert MENA country here) lol.... cuzz, if he had his way, my son and I would be making arrangments for that now hee hee

I have fleeting thoughts now and we arent even filing till next month.

Just curious, thought the replies would be interesting.

Not sure if you mean permanently, and forgetting about the visa & USA ??? or temporarily ???

Yes... and I did it... it's conflicting for me because it was the best, yet the most stressful, decision I ever made in my life...would I do it again ? no !! but, I wouldn't give up the things that I have gained here. I don't think I would have had the acceptance of his family had I not lived among them for an extended time... I think they might have resented me for taking him to America if they didn't get to know me first...plus, now I think that they feel more confident that he will be okay in America after experiencing my personality...

I did it, but it was HARD!!!!!!!!!! I did the stupidest things which were buy a one way ticket, come with virtually no money, and I promised to stick it out until the visa came... dumb, dumb, and kind of blind ignorance...

I think if you and your son want to join your husband, there is a lot of great things to be learned in his country ! But, speaking from personal experience, I would keep a return ticket, the money to get back if you needed it, money for emergencies, and a backup plan between you and your husband that wouldn't make him feel like you'd be bailing on him by leaving.... although, my feelings are based on the Egyptian embassy, which seems to be just about the slowest MENA country, maybe your stay would only be 5 or 6 months at the most....

Just my opinion...

Why does god - a perfect being - have negative, human-based emotions like anger and wrath?

No... why do humans have God-based emotions like outrage, love, pity, peace, gentleness, despair, anger, compassion, curiosity, inquisitiveness, confusion, affection, frustration, passion, zeal, distrubance, excitement, faithfulness, satisfaction, etc ......... NONE of which are mutually exclusive..... ???

and wrath--divine wrath, that is--when used to describe God, is not generally used as an emotion. instead, it is synonymous with the carrying out of his judgment...

hope that makes sense... and i hope that by you asking questions, you are open to answers, cuz i don't want to push anything on you...

Thanks for your insight, bridg....it was a random thought I had anyway....I will think more about it later...

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since when does prohibiting divorce=prohibiting polygamy? polygamy is not mentioned once in those passages.

When a divorce is not permissible, then subsequent marriages are considered unlawful...

Mypoint is that God's feelings about divorce show that to enter into polygamy is to be an adulterer....

Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. 9 I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." (NIV Matt 19.8-9, pp. Mark 10.1-12)

So, if Jesus states that improper divorce does not nullify a marriage, and if the first marriage still stands, then a "second" marriage is adultery--and NOT just 'polygamy'! The point applies to polygamy (having more than one spouse simultaneously), polyandry (woman with more than one husband) , and polygyny ( one husband having more than one wife )...

On the flip side, because polygamy was essentially considered adultery, there were not many direct passages about polygamy.. except when it was authorized by God in certain situations... monogamy was emphasized instead.... church leaders are to be the husband of one wife (stated in 1 Timothy & Titans)... and the reverse phrase, a wife of one husband, is mentioned in 1 Timothy when talking about the godliness of a widow....the importance of following the examples of the apostles, disciples, and leaders... etc.

Pointless information really for non-Christians.... but, it's out there nonetheless...

Congratulations...

That's a lucky day, my friend....

Where in the new testament does Jesus, pbuh, say that man should only have one wife?

Better question would be: If it was said, would people believe it ???

Matt 19.8-9, & Mark 10.1-12

It's also mentioned by Paul in Romans 7

Divorce and polygamy are:

Hated by God (Mal 2.16)

Prohibited by Jesus, except in extreme situations (Matt 19).

Permitted by God because of human failings (hard hearts--Mt 19:8)

I was just thinking..... not sure if the concept is the same in Islam, but I will look into it... but in the Bible, Jesus likens the relationship between man & God to the marriage between a man and wife.... if the man is a polygamist, would that make him a polytheist, too ???

I never got what the big hoopla was over the virgins in paradise. After about a month, maybe less, they're no longer virgins so then what?

I'd rather be on the beach with no fear of burning with a nice good book. That and the ability to eat whatever the heck I want all day every day for eternity with the promise of ALWAYS being a size 6. THAT's paradise to me.

I don't get it either... besides, as far as i'm concerned ... is heaven really a place to be making whoopie ? That whole concept just seems very carnal and gratuitous and not very eternal/spiritual.... IMO

I like your idea of paradise, bridget... although I have no idea what a size 6 would feel like...

ewwwww, I'm not a chest hair fan!

me either... I only aim to please...plus, I'm bored...

Here you go, B...

bridg...... i didn't know which one you would like...

Oh, no amerylu... I hope you get some rest & the testing goes well !!!

Take care

Your nurses sound so sweet !