VISA

　　Today, I went to the U.S. embassy in Tokyo with my wife to be interviewed for R-1 and R-2 VISA, or a Non-immigrant visa for religious affiliated people and their family. Thefefore, we asked a nearby nursery school to take care for our 2-year-and-8-month old daughter beforehand.
　　However, there was an abrupt accident. The daughter got a high fever of 40 degrees centigrade yesterday and went to see our home doctor. He diagnosed her as a simple cold but since the fever was really high, the nursery school isn't supposed to accept such a sick kid. And we also cannot leave her home alone. We were really at a loss, then, my wife consulted my younger sister who worked as a public nurse by phone. She immediately lent a helping hand to search for a service available such an emergency. It is fortunate to say that such a service is accessible in Nagareyama City where we live. My sister gave my wife some information of facilitator of "Family Support," including her name and phone number.
　　My wife called the facilitator in no time whether someone can come home to take care of our sick kid. She was kind enough to make an effort to look for someone available, and she ended up finding a very kind elderly woman who deals with this situation. We were astonished to see that happened so smoothly and were grateful for all concerned.
　　Today, when we saw the woman, Mrs. Watanabe, at our home in the morning, we were impressed by her tender and mild atmosphere. Though our daughter burst into tears when my wife and I left home, but according to Mrs. Watanabe, she's stopped crying for ten minutes or so and started to play in a cheerful manner.
　　At the U.S. embassy, we had to wait more than an hour and half before our interview. The officer we met pointed out a lack of document, therefore, our section which is responsible for the matter started to contact with our U.S. organization to meet their demand. I've heard that when it arrives at the embassy, we are going to obtain R-1 and R-2 visa and are able to go to Hawaii as scheduled.

-TA