vision piece

Although Italy has been on the imminent horizon for about 5 months, the hopes of change for our family have been postponed, it seems, until next year. I am disappointed, but am the kind of person my husband relies on in order to find positives in any situation. I believe in going with the flow. I am willing to take risks, but not against unrealistic obstacles. I am in search of God's will, and do not feel God wants us to leave just yet. We need to make sure that our home sells before we go, in order to make this transition possible financially. We need valid work documents, I am not comfortable going without proper documentation and being lawful. My dear husband has applied for citizenship, but we just received a letter saying that the process has been delayed because they are giving him a background check. After dealing with the Italian Consulate, I have a new awareness of how one or two people can cause problems for so many people. We should recieve my work permit in Oct...

A website which outlines some interesting information: http://www.usip.org/topics/lebanon_israel.html A link: http://info.bahai.org/article-1-7-2-1.html A teacher's resource: http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye/teachers/index.html website sent to me by my sister-in-law: (The website is changed on a regular basis. Previously it had an image of young girls writing messages on the bombs which would be sent into Lebanon. As an educator, a mother and a human being, I am horrified.) http://fromisraeltolebanon.info/ Story posted 6 hours ago about protests against Israel: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060806.wprotest0805/BNStory/Front Some friends of ours were in Haifa between July 17-25, on Pilgrimage to the Holy Shrines on Mount Carmel...other friends are living there--in the eye of the storm. A Jewish Prayer for Peace: Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, that we may walk the paths of the most high. And we shall beat our swords into ploughshares...