Anyway, I am very happy about it and I hope to get my Green Card soon too. The work card does not give me permission for traveling. Obviously God has a little different plan than we do. I am excited to see what happens next.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The license to work!
It is time for another little post on our blog. I would say I am a big step closer to my Green Card. On Wednesday March 25th I got my "Employment Authorization Card"!!! This card allows me to take a job and earn money (and pay taxes...).
Anyway, I am very happy about it and I hope to get my Green Card soon too. The work card does not give me permission for traveling. Obviously God has a little different plan than we do. I am excited to see what happens next.
Anyway, I am very happy about it and I hope to get my Green Card soon too. The work card does not give me permission for traveling. Obviously God has a little different plan than we do. I am excited to see what happens next.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Skiing!
This year hasn't been what most people would refer to as "epic", but we've gotten several good ski days in.
Markus has gotten to experience Schweitzer in all it's glory.....i.e. clouds, fog, rain, heavy fog, snow and low cloud banks. Schweitzer is known for several things, fantastic views of lake Pend Oreille (pronounced Ponderay) and the surrounding mountain ranges, unpredictable snowfall and fog. Sometimes you actually bring your camera and it turns out to be a really nice day.
Here are a few selections of the 08-09 season.
Neat facts about the lake: With a surface area of 148 square miles, it is 65 miles (105 km) long, and 1,150 feet (350 m) deep in some regions, making it the fifth deepest in the United States!!
Markus has gotten to experience Schweitzer in all it's glory.....i.e. clouds, fog, rain, heavy fog, snow and low cloud banks. Schweitzer is known for several things, fantastic views of lake Pend Oreille (pronounced Ponderay) and the surrounding mountain ranges, unpredictable snowfall and fog. Sometimes you actually bring your camera and it turns out to be a really nice day.
Here are a few selections of the 08-09 season.
Monday, January 12, 2009
A Happy New Year 2009
We wish you all a blessed new year 2009. Might God be with you and show you his ways.
I know it has been a VERY long time since I posted last. That's not because I don't like you but it's because I don't like to write...
Well, I guess I at least try to upload some pictures more often. They are more interesting anyway.
Anyway, we are doing very well and are so happy to be married.
See you.
PS. If anybody has a Green Card you don't need anymore I would be happy to have it ;-)
I know it has been a VERY long time since I posted last. That's not because I don't like you but it's because I don't like to write...
Well, I guess I at least try to upload some pictures more often. They are more interesting anyway.
Anyway, we are doing very well and are so happy to be married.
See you.
PS. If anybody has a Green Card you don't need anymore I would be happy to have it ;-)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Ooops....
Is it September already? Really? That's amazing how fast the time goes, hmmm, and also what is going on in my life. I let you guess what happend almost 4 weeks ago.
Later I will take a little more time to tell you what's going on and give you some nice pictures too, ok?
Thanks for looking by.
See you soon. Markus
Later I will take a little more time to tell you what's going on and give you some nice pictures too, ok?
Thanks for looking by.
See you soon. Markus
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The license to marry!
Jjjjuuuddiiiiihhhhuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!! (this is Swiss German...)
I HAVE IT !!! On Monday the 28th I got a big letter. My passport improved with a K-1 visa. This is so great, I have to look at it again and again and still can hardly believe it.
No one can stop me now. I am authorized to get married, so you better watch out when I come! I know no mercy. Well there is hope for some girls, actually all except for one. "DONZEL B. WOOMERT" this is for whom my visa is for. When I come and find her there will be no escape for her. Without hesitation I will pour all my love over her I have saved in my lonesomeness. And I will never stop.
Donzel, I love you! See you SOON :-)))
Markus
Monday, July 21, 2008
Summer Party Time!
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Three girls....
Good friends...
Hot weather...
15 Sponges...
8 Buckets of water...
1 Hose...
Add those together and you get a WATER FIGHT!!! Yeeehaw!
Happy Birthday Tibs! You are *Tibberific*!!!!! :-)
Sunday, July 20, 2008
July 17th 2008
This is a date we were waiting for for a VERY long time. As you know this day has passed already and I want to tell you why that was a special day.
About 1 a half months ago I got a letter for an appointment at that day. An appointment for an interview at the US Embassy in Bern, CH. I was not excited for the interview itself but that was the last step and the deciding step about if I get my K-1 Visa or not. To give you a picture of our situation: We have been waiting for this visa for more than 10 months and we haven't seen us for almost 8 months :-0
So I went to the embassy last Thursday morning. 9:30 am was my date. So I was there with a lot of documents and letters and other stuff they told me to bring with me. Security must be very important for them, I had to go through 2 security checks before I could go to where I was supposed to go. I remembered form my last visit at the embassy 2 years ago that waiting is what you do most when you go there. And that was very true. I didn't have to wait too long, maybe 15 min. , until I could talk to a man the first time. He wanted all my documents and checked if I had everything with me that they want. I did except of one document from the military. I had something abut it was not exactly what they want and of course that doesn't work. He didn't seem to be too worried about that and moved on. After perhaps 5 min. he told me I can go and sit down until he put everything in his computer and then he would call me again for the interview. So I sat down to the other about 30 people who were waiting there already...
It was BORING!!! waiting waiting waiting waiting..... waiting waiting waiting..... There was a TV that showed a women soccer game... From time to time you heard a voice through a speaker calling a name. I never understood any of the names but somebody always did, got up and went to the window, talked for a couple minutes and then left. More people came sat down and did the same as I did; WAITING. I don't know how long I was sitting on that chair, I guess 1 a half hours. And then I heard something that sounded very similar to my name so I got up and got to window #10.
The same man talked to me again, in English of course. He was very friendly. He told me that everything is all right with my documents and the missing document from the military I can just mail to them when I have it. I don't need to come here again. Then his college came to interview me. I expected a long interview with many questions. So I was really surprised when he told me it was over after maybe 4 questions. I wanted to ask him some questions about what I need to do after we are married but he didn't seem to be willing for answering my questions. He gave me a little information sheet and then said goodbye.
That was all! I grabbed my stuff and left the Embassy. It was almost 12 pm! I went to a friend in Bern for lunch and then to the office from the military. I asked the man there to give me that document but he said that doesn't go so quickly. So gave him all the information he needed and left.
That was my day in Bern. It takes time for me to realize what is going on. I AM GOING TO AMERICA SOON !!! CRAZY.
A little side note: On Saturday, 2 days later, I received the letter from the military already... I am getting more and more excited!
It's time to look for a flight :-)
Markus
About 1 a half months ago I got a letter for an appointment at that day. An appointment for an interview at the US Embassy in Bern, CH. I was not excited for the interview itself but that was the last step and the deciding step about if I get my K-1 Visa or not. To give you a picture of our situation: We have been waiting for this visa for more than 10 months and we haven't seen us for almost 8 months :-0
So I went to the embassy last Thursday morning. 9:30 am was my date. So I was there with a lot of documents and letters and other stuff they told me to bring with me. Security must be very important for them, I had to go through 2 security checks before I could go to where I was supposed to go. I remembered form my last visit at the embassy 2 years ago that waiting is what you do most when you go there. And that was very true. I didn't have to wait too long, maybe 15 min. , until I could talk to a man the first time. He wanted all my documents and checked if I had everything with me that they want. I did except of one document from the military. I had something abut it was not exactly what they want and of course that doesn't work. He didn't seem to be too worried about that and moved on. After perhaps 5 min. he told me I can go and sit down until he put everything in his computer and then he would call me again for the interview. So I sat down to the other about 30 people who were waiting there already...
It was BORING!!! waiting waiting waiting waiting..... waiting waiting waiting..... There was a TV that showed a women soccer game... From time to time you heard a voice through a speaker calling a name. I never understood any of the names but somebody always did, got up and went to the window, talked for a couple minutes and then left. More people came sat down and did the same as I did; WAITING. I don't know how long I was sitting on that chair, I guess 1 a half hours. And then I heard something that sounded very similar to my name so I got up and got to window #10.
The same man talked to me again, in English of course. He was very friendly. He told me that everything is all right with my documents and the missing document from the military I can just mail to them when I have it. I don't need to come here again. Then his college came to interview me. I expected a long interview with many questions. So I was really surprised when he told me it was over after maybe 4 questions. I wanted to ask him some questions about what I need to do after we are married but he didn't seem to be willing for answering my questions. He gave me a little information sheet and then said goodbye.
That was all! I grabbed my stuff and left the Embassy. It was almost 12 pm! I went to a friend in Bern for lunch and then to the office from the military. I asked the man there to give me that document but he said that doesn't go so quickly. So gave him all the information he needed and left.
That was my day in Bern. It takes time for me to realize what is going on. I AM GOING TO AMERICA SOON !!! CRAZY.
A little side note: On Saturday, 2 days later, I received the letter from the military already... I am getting more and more excited!
It's time to look for a flight :-)
Markus
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