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Our son Isaac is in his last year of college. Being British, having grown up in Papua New Guinea and gone to college in the USA presents its problems. Here is what he is thinking about his future.

Transitions is part of life we all face. As a family, we seem to be facing transitions on several fronts. Here's Martha's story.

TrAnsition: the process of moving from one stAge or stAte to Another.

Isaac wasn't allowed on his flight because his visa wasn't in order. What had happened was that he had changed status while in the US. He had originally gone to the States as our dependent but when he became 21 he had to change to a student visa. This was done but what Isaac didn't know was that he had to reapply for a student visa if he left the country.

Its what comes from being a foreigner - visas. Sometimes everything goes smoothly and sometimes not. We had the opportunity to add a visa story to our collection today when we received a call from our son Isaac.

For the past year, the presidential election has hardly been out of the news. Finally, the day has come to make a choice between the republican and democratic messages. Every eligible US citizen has the right to vote. Whether they do our not is again a matter of choice.

Why did Achan's family have to suffer for Achan's sin? Should Christians use fleeces like Gideon? Why did God pick Saul for Israel's first king? Just some of the questions raised teaching Old Testament History at North Cotes.

What is the common denominator?

Have you ever had difficulty filling out forms when it comes to questions like 'Permanent Address'. Over the years, we have puzzled over this and similar questions as we never quite know what to answer. Over the past thirty years we don't seem to have lived anywhere permanently.

Since coming home to Belfast, N. Ireland at the beginning of July...