{"id":345,"date":"2005-01-27T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-27T10:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/uncategorized\/obstacles-even-before-starting\/"},"modified":"2005-01-27T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-27T10:32:00","slug":"obstacles-even-before-starting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/2005\/01\/obstacles-even-before-starting.html","title":{"rendered":"Obstacles&#8230; even before starting!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had to sort out the official plans, the supplies, the finances etc etc. And I ran straight into a wal.. or so it seems. My passport did not have an ECNR stamp on it (Emigration Clearance Not Required). And it was too late to take the 3 hour trip to Chennai&#8217;s Emigration office today. After a series of tense phonecalls, we came up with a plan that is well&#8230; difficult. This is what has to happen tomorrow if I need to make it!<br \/>6 AM : We leave Vellore<br \/>9 AM : We reach Chennai Airport where the others get in as normally required to board<br \/>9.30 AM: I reach the Emigration Office<br \/>10.15 AM: The EO opens and I produce my passport for getting stamped<br \/>10.45 AM: The paperwork is done and I scramble back to the airport<br \/>11:15 AM : I (hopefully) reach the airport<br \/>11:30 AM: The Airways will keep the counter open for me till this time&#8230; then it&#8217;s curtains<br \/>12:00 PM : The plane leaves&#8230; with or without me!<\/p>\n<p>The timetable ius too tight. I&#8217;ve placed it in God&#8217;s hands. I&#8217;m sure He&#8217;ll be in control!<br \/>Please do pray for me. <\/p>\n<p>Right now I&#8217;m still packing (It&#8217;s 1 AM) &#8211; 5 hours to start off! It was a busy, busy day and I&#8217;m sleep deprived. Just drank a large cup of coffee and hope that keeps me awake.<br \/>God &#8230; Help!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we had to sort out the official plans, the supplies, the finances etc etc. And I ran straight into a wal.. or so it seems. My passport did not have an ECNR stamp on it (Emigration Clearance Not Required). And it was too late to take the 3 hour trip to Chennai&#8217;s Emigration office today. After a series of tense phonecalls, we came up with a plan that is well&#8230; difficult. This is what has to happen tomorrow if I need to make it!6 AM : We leave Vellore9 AM : We reach Chennai Airport where the others get in as normally required to board9.30 AM: I reach the Emigration Office10.15 AM: The EO opens and I produce my&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paWFfI-5z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.addicted2jesus.com\/a2jdiary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}