It has been awhile since we've posted last. A lot has happened......or not happened in this time.
Jaclyn took another trip to Haiti in the beginning of December to accompany Louvenet and his parents to the Embassy for his Visa interview. The week before his interview, Jaclyn spent time with Sean Penn's group helping with the cholera outbreak.
Finally the day arrived for the interview. Jaclyn, Louvenet and his parents arrived at 6am to get into line to go into the embassy......waiting, waiting, waiting......once they got to the entrance, Jaclyn was not allowed to go in with Louvenet and his parents. Talk about tense. All the hard work of fund raising, getting the right papers and the financial paperwork together, getting the passport, getting Louvenet accepted into a private high school.....all in a little folder, being carried into the Embassy by Louvenet.
They were in there waiting for their turn for many, many hours......from what I understand, the interview took less then 10 minutes. He was denied! The disappointment was heart breaking! Multiple calls back to the United States to Autumn. Desperately trying to find a way to talk to someone that could explain what was happening. Autumn remembered one of the top level people from The Everett Clinic, where they work, come to a fund raiser lunch and told them if they ever needed some help to let him know. Well.....they needed some help! Autumn sent him an email explaining the situation. Asking him if he knew of anything that could help. He just happened to be in Washington DC and went on Louvenet's behalf to Rick Larson, Rep. office to see if there was anything that could be done. What timing!
Talking with people at the Embassy, it was discovered that all Visa applications were being denied. On the day of the interview, only 1 was granted to a very sick child for medical reasons. Jaclyn also found out that Louvenet could request another interview. All the application paperwork needed to be resubmitted, but this time we would have the backing of the support of Washington State's House of Representative, Rick Larson.
With new paperwork in hand, Louvenet and his father will be reinterviewing January 5th.....keep them in your thoughts and prayers!!
Your pious attempts to send this young man to a private christian school in the U.S. seem illogical & financially foolish. Why not save that exorbitant tuition and send the boy to a public school in Marysville? Think of the good you could do with the left over money for his friends and family in Haiti.
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