One of the important things that Jitto had to do on his trip to Chennai was to work out a Visa extension. It was a miracle that the visa interview was in Chennai and not in Delhi and it went on uneventfully and the visa was approved. So far, so good!
The visa and documents are supposed to be couriered to the home address within 48 hours. They were flying back on Saturday and on Friday, the visa had still not come in. We got a little worried. After some desperate phonecalls and emails, nothing moved. Appa managed to get another phone number from my uncle which was a direct number to the visa couriering place, but it was constantly engaged. Appa, Titus uncle, Jitto and I went out for lunch and then some shopping at a Christian bookshop and we still couldnt get through. As we drove back, finally after being on hold for 20 minutes finally we spoke to a real person who said they would try to get it by tomorrow or else on monday… duh..- there was a flight tomorrow lady!! The other alternative was to come to the office and pick it up directly. Jitto and I were soon driving down unfamiliar streets and bylanes as we tried to locate the office. We kept calling them to get directions and each call cost us 15 minutes of on-hold! Finally we reached the office with 15 minutes to spare. We walked into the airconditioned office and after 1 hour we had the Visa! What a relief. We went back to the car and discovered that we had parked illegally and the car-wheel was locked by cops. We thought that it would cost us a night in the cell, but it cost us just 250 Rs. and 15 minutes – the system was more professional than we thought. After the battery died while we tried to fill gas, we finally we picked up Jinta aunty from school and drove through the traffic back home!
What an amazing day… one problem after the other but there was always an answer – more miraculous than we expected. For with God…. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!