Today is Friday and as I was making some last minute preparations for our departure I decided to do some double checking on my visa situation. I discovered that our residency visas expired last month. I immediately drove to the immigration office to find out what I should do. His advice was to find a border patrolman who would "close his eyes" about the situation. Of course this service of ignoring one's infractions is not free. I explained to him that I couldn't ever pay a bribe and asked if there were some other way to make the mistake right. As far as he knew the only legal resolution is to buy a "special visa" at $400 each. That's $2,400 I don't have.
My hope is to arrive at the border and if needed try to convince the boss to forgive me for my forgetfulness in renewing my visa. Please pray that God will give us favor and that we will be able to exit Tanzania properly and without paying a ton of money.
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