VISA GRANTED, VISA DENIED

Meeting with officials at the US embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this morning, Mr. Samuel Lindjeck was denied a visa to visit the US. Dr. Jean-Emile Ngué, Executive Director of the African Counseling Center in Yaoundé (ACC), was granted a visa.

Clinical Director of the ACC, Mr. Lindjeck is scheduled with Dr. Ngué to present a workshop at the national meeting of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors in Norfolk, Virginia, next week.

Since its founding in 2000 by Dr. Ngué, a graduate of the Virginia Institute of Pastoral Care (VIPCare) in Richmond, the ACC and VIPCare have developed a partnership widely viewed as a model for multicultural pastoral care and counseling service and training.

Dr. Ngué is presently the only ACC staff member to have visited the US. He and Mr. Lindjeck are scheduled also to lead in worship at Trinity United Methodist Church in Richmond, and other churches interested in the ministry of the ACC. Please join us in praying and taking any action which might open the door for Mr. Lindjeck’s visit. jlh