To God be the Glory!
These past few days have been quite a whirl wind…
On Monday, I was told that the University would not support an extension of my PhD submission date and wanted me to continue writing up as a non-emrolled student. This would mean that I lose my student Visa and would have to go back to Singapore almost immedately to finish writing up my thesis, and perhaps come back on a tourist visa. Even my immigration agent mentioned that I had not much choice and was better off only coming back to Melbourne in Jan 2008 on a tourist visa.
I was really crushed at the prospect of having to move around and relocate during this time of writing up. It got to a point where I felt challenged between just taking the easy route to go home and be well cared for at home and write up, or be faithful to my calling to be here inAustralia serving God - I had to trust God to provide someway if indeed I am meant to be here for His purpose.
I asked the church to pray for me during our corporate prayer time on Tuesday, and I received many ebcouraging verses from the bible from some of my brothers and sisters. The one that stood out eas Isaiah 54, which God had also spoken to me, and He used another brother to confirm the Word. I felt almost certain at that point that even though the ‘experts’ said there was no way, God would make the way.
Sure enough, when I called the Department of Immigration on Wednesday morning and explained my case, they told me that I simply needed a letter of verification from mysupervisor that I am still writing up, and they would extend my student Visa accordingly (for a small fee of course…)! Praise God! Was overjoyed by God’s providence. His goodness and favour is surely with me always 
