Often, one of the complicated things in staying here can be the visa process. Well, today we went to the federal police to begin the second phase of the process (the first phase involves parting with a lot of money and asking a lawyer to put together the correct papers for us) and it was....EASY!!! Praise the Lord. We now have a piece of paper granting us a further 180 days to stay here while the visa is centrally processed in Brasilia. We have requested a further 2 year extension, which is the maximum time we can request. Please pray for this.