yankeedave

I do not know where to begin...this is a major breakthrough for me...just finding a way to actually post a message. I am saying this on the assumption that I will actually be posting something that others can read when I hit the post icon.
The first few times I tried to click on the introduction icon, I was told that the page was down for updates or upgrades, or whatever. Evidently it has been down for a few days.Today, however, I must have done something different, because I managed to open that page. While reading it, I exited the page to check out a process I had just learned (clicking the "control" icon on the forums page to manage my profile). Not only was that icon absent from the indicated location, I could not get back to the introduction page to continue reading it. So I gave up on that and attempted to use the "search" feature to get information on the topic of sponsorship. This led me to a list of visa journey posts whose titles contained my search word, I clicked on several of these titles, but in each case, I was brought to the entry point of a topical forum. I guess my search word was in one of the thousands of posts inside, but that was as close as I got.
If I was not so intensely focused on doing whatever it takes to get my girlfriend to the US, I would have abandoned this website after the first ten minutes of head-shaking frustration. But I need this site. I have no doubt that the information here is necessary for the attainment of my goal. Until I find a better source of information, or until I sort this system out, I will continue groping here in the dark for those precious nuggets of guidance that I must have.
Like I indicated earlier, this note may be as private as a diary page for all I know. But on the chance that someone, somewhere on this site will find my message-in-a-bottle, there are two souls an ocean apart out here, who need your help to bring them together.