Okay, so we've been waiting and waiting for David's medical school diploma to be ready for us to pick up. He passed his exams in December 2003, and his diploma was finally ready in July 2008. Yep, almost five years. We need the diploma for David to register to take his medical licensing exams in the States. When the diploma was finally ready and signed, David's sister Vic, who lives in the same town as David's university, went to get it from the school...
...oh, except, whoops! His name is misspelt as "Ndge" instead of "Nege." So she took it back, and David had to actually go to the school in person to apply for a corrected diploma. They told him it would be ready in three months...
...which takes us to October. Well, haha, just kidding. It wasn't ready in October, but then we hadn't really expected it to be. Vic went back at the beginning of December, and they told her to come back after the Muslim holidays for Sallah...
...and, what do you know? It was actually ready when Vic went back a week or two later. We were so excited that we'd finally get the diploma. It was even spelled correctly and everything. Once we had it in hand, we could start applying for David's exams...
...so I thought it was a little strange that Vic didn't call when she arrived in Jos on Wednesday. She'd said she would be bringing the diploma, and I for one was on edge waiting for it. David finally sent her a text last night, and she replied that she'd come to visit us today, Boxing Day...
...And they did come just before lunch--Vic and three more of David's siblings. We had a nice chatty conversation, and then right as they were leaving, David told me that Vic hadn't brought the diploma. I didn't ask, just waited. He said that she had lost the bag containing the diploma on her way from Zaria to Jos (by public transport). Ah. What he actually said was that "the bag went missing." So really, no fault of Vic's at all. She didn't lose it. It went missing on its own accord. Yup. Well, I love Vic. She's my sister-in-law...
...but I still want to scream and tear my hair out. What are we supposed to do now? ALL of David's medical career hangs on that diploma. Without it, we can do nothing. And losing it could put us back a whole year in our plans since it will probably take several months to get a new one. AARGH!!
Do you think God's will can be thwarted by something as relatively insignificant as a lost diploma? Job 42:2
ReplyDeleteAaaaahhh! Having lived here, I understand completely! Bayo finished from a higher institution in 2000. He just got his official transcript in '08 after uncountable tries.
ReplyDeleteMaybe God is telling you something. Be still and listen. It is well.
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