Big, Big, Huge Excitement! (J2 on a roll)

Our residence/work permits for Botswana have arrived!!!!!!

This is more than a giant weight off of our shoulders.

I suppose, in short: yes, it all could have come crashing down on us if they HADN'T given them to us. Everything we've worked for and changed our life for over the past 2 years, could have been whisked out from under us in the blink of an eye...

So now, we don't have that worry anymore.
(But really, who was worried!?)

Now for the benefits that we have with these little "slightly important" pieces of paper:

1. We can finally open up a personal bank account
2. We can take our car across the border, into South Africa... or... anywhere!
3. We can tender for certain jobs with our company, now that the "owners" are also "residents"
4. We can get a landline for a telephone in our house
5. We can get BW drivers' licenses (yes, it IS necessary)
6. We can continue to keep living and working in Botswana!

the list literally goes on and on, but that's all I could think of at the moment because I'm too excited!

Now we just hold our breaths until tomorrow when we can pick them up from the Labour Guy's Office...... when we find out the answer to the question you've all been wondering:

"Just how many years ARE these permits valid for?????"

;-)

stay tuned.