We have Bats & Visas
No, the “Dark Knight” did not visit us but as we sat relaxing last night (trying to get sleepy enough to fall asleep with jet lag), a bat flew in through an open window. It must have been a sight as Krista was opening windows and I had to magazines up in the air trying to “motivate” the bat to fly outside. I’m glad Krista got the windows and not the video camera.
On a different note, we received our visas today. While we have been legal for living in Germany as we had done all that we could on our part, the government has finally given us permission to work in Germany. This means that I am now allowed to work at the office and at our new offices still under construction. Its also a nice “warm-fuzzy” to have to know that there’s not a question about us be allowed to be here. Now comes the fun part, paying the bill. Since we’ve had a lawyer working on this for a year and half, its going to be big. Luckily, our mission doesn’t think that just those of us affected (there were six of us originally) should carry the whole load as everyone in the area would have had problems. Kind of the idea that those coming after us benefit from our experiences so the lawyer fees are going to be spread out of the next while to all those moving to the area. That’s a big relief to us. Still, these 1 year visas (which we originally thought might be good for longer) are going to cost us over 200 Euros. Oh well, life moves on.