Story Behind the USA VISA

Nah.. sekarang sy mau cerita soal visa USA yang konon katanya ribet banget ngurusnya bahkan sampe ke tahap wawancara dengan pihak kedutaan yang menuai air mata juga tangis bahagia.

Awalnya sekitaran 2 bulan yang lalu seorang teman sy coba-coba apply visa USA. Ya karena konon katanya-katanya, itu seperti momok yang menakutkan dan kerap kali membunuh langkah untuk terus maju. Alasannya sih sederhana: TAKUT DITOLAK! (sama ky percintaan gitu kasusnya, bedanya kalo visa USA ditolak ya dukun ga bisa bertindak alias pasrah dan silakan COBA LAGI)

Singkat cerita, visa doi DITERIMA donk...!!! Wuih semua orang terheran krn prosesnya cepat dan bebas hambatan.

Lantas dimana momok dan kisah-kisah menakutkan itu? dalam hati sy bergumam.

Tersirat cahaya kecil di hati dan pikiran. Apa sy coba aja ya?

Yakali kalo ga ketrima paling kesedihan terdalam ya karena itu 150 USD terbuang percuma buat nutupin utang-utang si bule Amerika. #apasih

Ya keinginan tersirat sy pendem aja dalem-dalem sampe suatu ketika sy cerita ke seorang teman kantor tentang teman sy yg berhasil apply visa dengan mudahnya. Christina, Beliau uda pernah ketolak 1x dan ceritanya meninggalkan bekas mendalam yang bikin doi takut untuk mencoba lagi. Eh pas selesai cerita nih, doi jadi semangat bok!!! bahkan ngajakin utk apply bareng...nah loh.....disinilah kisahnya berawal..

(ternyata dari tadi itu cuma INTRO....pingsan)

Sy dan 3 orang teman kantor sy. Bastian, Christina dan Yohanes (mereka suami istri), kami rada iseng mencoba peruntungan visa negri Paman Sam. Yg punya niat dan rencana yang pasti sih cuma si Christina itu karena ada sesuatu yang harus diurus di sana. Sisanya tim penggembira.

Salah satu mimpi sy adalah sy mau pergi ke bangsa-bangsa dengan alasan apapun. Entah itu pelayanan, pekerjaan ataupun sekedar jalan-jalan. Selama ini satu per satu mimpi sy tergenapi, salah satunya pergi ke South Africa read more . Nah utk pergi ke US itu adl mimpi ke sekian dan sy sendiri ga pernah nyangka bahwa pada akhirnya sy akan lakukan hal ini. Plan yg pasti aja ga ada. Meskipun uda beberapa bulan belakangan sy doa pengen banget ikut Mission Conference di Atlanta, US. Keliatannya ga mungkin sih tapi who knows? sy sering bgt ngalamin hal-hal yang IMPOSSIBLE jadi POSSIBLE.

Bermodalkan nekat dan duit 150 USD buat bayar iuran pengajuan visa tsb, perlahan sy langkahkan kaki dan menguatkan iman bahwa segala sesuatu itu wajib dicoba supaya tau rasanya.

Tepat harinya 13 September 2012, salah satu hari bersejarah dalam hidup. Ngantri di depan kedutaan US sedari pagi-pagi bener. Segala gadget sampe ke pin e-banking &ampe kunci rumah kudu dititip di security. Norak kan? gpp.......selalu ada yg pertama hingga jadi pengalaman.

Selanjutnya begitu masuk ngantri lagi untuk penyerahan data & wawancara singkat. Lalu ngantri (lagi) sekitar 30-60 menit sampe dipanggil nomer urutnya untuk masuk ke sebuah ruangan kecil. Belum selesai pemirsa, setelah masuk kita duduk lagi ngantri sekitar 5-10 menit untuk cap 10 jari dan foto. Dan...... duh sampe cape ngetiknya krn emang kebanyakan ngantrinya bok. Sy janji ini antrian yg terakhir..hahaha....Di antrian terakhir inilah saat yang paling mendebarkan utk sy. Sy orangnya kadang suka tampil sok PD gitu pdahal sih dalem hati bak ada 1000 orang mukul bedug. Disitu sy ngantri sekitar 15-20 menit barulah masuk ke barisan utk diwawancara. Siapa yg beruntung kebagian sm bule US yg baik hati dan gak reze.

Jeng..jeng...nomer sy dipanggil dan segera masuk dalam barisan. No.7 emang loket dg nomer keberuntungan. Yg wawancara sy org US keturunan Chinese. Perempuan. Cantik. Bastian lolos dg mudahnya, bahkan doi ga ky wawancara formal.
Giliran sy nih........

Sy ditanya-tanya biasa deh seputar kerjaan, pengalaman travelling dan ini nih pertanyaan SKAKMAT yg sejujurnya sy doakan supaya ga ditanya.."Can i see your bank account book?" 

Gileeee!!! sy uda pengen pingsan krn sy tau itu cash flow sy beberapa bulan belakangan jelek banget. DEG DEG DUAR....si cantik ini rada main cantik rupanya. Dia jd agak ragu utk meloloskan visa application sy. Keraguan itu ditunjukan dg berdiskusi dg rekan sebelahnya yg wawancara org uda 30 menit ga beres-beres. REZE kn? BANGET!

2 menit terasa 2 jem (lebay) tp bener loh..menit2 itu sy ky diujung pintu surga, lolos ga yah? Dan akhirnya stlh beberapa pertanyaan diajukan, she smile at me and said, "CONGRATULATION!!! Your visa has been accepted!"

Ciyus? Miapa? CIYUS bener dah sy mo PINGSAN di tempat saking seneng dan kaget dan haru bercampur jadi satu!!! dan begitu pula dg kedua teman sy Christina dan Yohanes, mereka jg diterima visa nya. Praise The Lord!

Kami pulang dengan langkah kaki ringan dan hati bahagia. Segala persiapan yg tidak sempurna berakhir dg sangat sempurna. Sesuai doa & harapan.  Nanti sy pasti cerita kalo sy sudah berada di negri Paman Sam. Behind the scene ngurus visa sampe dapet aja sepanjang ini yah...apalagi nanti cerita perjalanannya. heheheh... 

Ini spektakuler moment lagi yang terjadi di th 2012!

Saat itu hati sy yakin dg janji Tuhan,"Ketika Tuhan buka pintu maka TIDAK ADA satu orang pun yang dapat menutupnya."
Mimpi pergi ke bangsa-bangsa itu bukan hanya tumbuh, tapi HIDUP. Butuh WAKTU dan PROSES utk mengubah mimpi menjadi kenyataan, hanya JANGAN BERHENTI BERMIMPI!

Bila mimpi-mimpi-mu terkesan muluk-muluk. Teruslah bermimpi!

Wajar bila itu terkesan aneh, namanya juga MIMPI.

Sebab semua yang spektakuler berawal dari KEBERANIAN utk BERMIMPI.

Selamat bermimpi yah! 

Sy tunggu ceritamu juga.... :)

Spektaculer Moment!

10 menit sebelum 19 September 2012 berlalu, tulisan ini diketik, dipaksa keluar dari pikiran yang terpaksa terpenjara setelah nyaris setahun kurang beberapa hari saja. Ga percaya? silakan lihat postingan terakhir saya. 22 September 2011. 

hahaha.. jadi kemana sajakah sy selama hampir setahun ini?

Yuk mariiiii...tarik maanggg..

flashback bentar yah buat review sejenak...

19 September 2008, TEPAT 4 tahun yang lalu
sy mengalami kecelakaan hebat yang dimana hingga kini hanya Yang Maha Kuasa yang tahu bagaimana skenario adegannya. Sebab tidak ada satu pun yang menjadi saksi hidup dimana saya sedang diperebutkan oleh dua dunia saat itu. Jurang Maut dan Kerajaan Surga. read more

19 September 2012, TEPAT 4 tahun yang akan datang. HARI INI.
sy mengenang kembali kisah 4 tahun lalu itu dimana sy nyaris mati di jalanan. Kehidupan yang tidak mudah dilalui selama 4 tahun belakangan. Banyak kisah, tawa, air mata, bahagia, kecewa, sedih, pertemuan, perpisahan, juga berbagai kisah AJAIB & SPEKTAKULER serta pengalaman menginjakkan kaki di berbagai tempat di belahan bumi ini menjadikan 4 tahun yang begitu berarti.

dan SPEKTAKULER momen yang sy alami HARI INI selain mengenang kisah-kisah tersebut adalah ketika Visa USA yang sy ajukan beberapa hari lalu diTERIMA.

This is it....cukup keren dan meyakinkan donk...:p

next time sy ceritain deh gimana prosesnya sampai ini menjadi sebuah hal yang cukup berarti buat sy :")

Well, sy rasa tulisan ini akan menjadi sebuah suratan yang terbuka untuk jari-jari, pikiran bahkan hati sy yg siap menari-nari diantara jutaan bahkan milyaran kata-kata yang terpendam. Uhuy! #assekkk

Sesungguhnya sy cukup romantis dan deskriptif dalam bermain kata-kata, cuma selama ini belaga cuek aja...hmm...jangan-jangan setelah ini email sy kebanjiran request bikin surat cinta lagi. haahaha #salahfokus #abaikan


Baiklah...ini bukan akhir dari sebuah kisah, juga bukan sekedar cerita. Meski rehat menulis selama setahun bukan berarti berhenti pula cerita spektakuler dalam hidup sy. Sy cuma sedang dalam sebah pencarian ramuan yang lebih dan lebih dan lebih  SPEKTAKULER. 

Yah ini uda lewat pk 00.00 dan Cinderella pun kembali menjadi Upik Abu yang meninggalkan pengalaman spektakuler-nya walau hanya semalam. 

Apa pengalaman SPEKTAKULER yang pernah kamu alami?
SIlakan share disini....supaya bukan hanya aku, kamu tetapi kita semua mengalaminya!

Salam Spektakuler! :)

Awsome!

What a long story of my 1st Israel Trip....let say it was a GREAT Experience ever.
it's not too late to post it, huh? haha....anyway, i never regret about it.

and the lesson had taken me to the next journey experience. South Africa.
but i already post it here...haha.
here's the complete stories about:
Awsome Journey to South Africa

Stronger!!

Hi...!

Still remember my story about my 1st Israel Trip? oops...did i post it here?

ah...i even don't remember...haha...sorry...

okay, i'll share it here.

i was pray for Israel Trip on September 2009.

i don't remember exactly, but i was pray so hard. Together with Liza n Cynthia. They're two sisters of mine. I love them so much.

i never been there on that day and goin there is one of my greatest dream. 

i pray so hard and spent my money. i knew it wouldn't enough.

i need miracle to take me there.

About four months later, i just spent 800 USD and the trip price was 2400 USD. it just 1/3 part of. It was insane and full of risks as well. But i told God, if You want me to get there, You'll open the way no matter what and how. I want to see miracle happens.

Two weeks before the trip.

They said i'm in. OMG! i couldn't believe it! Really.....!! How come? i don't know till now. Even i don't have any cent in my pocket. i need to buy these and those. i just cried out loud. Once again i pray to God, You're already open the main gate, now it's time to open all the way. i'll see the whole MIRACLE.

A week to go.

Suddenly my aunt sent me 500 USD. Even she couldn't know about this trip.

it was surprised me and i called it the Second Miracle after.

Two days to go - Travel Briefing

i forgot to buy a lipgloss. the thing is i didn't have any time more to do that.

and you know what, someone just got back from USA and she gaves me something. when i opened....yes! LIPGLOSS! i cried out.

i called it the Third Miracle.

Miracle by miracle was comin up and i see God within.

i never expected for the worst ever.

cz i know He'll never shame on me.

even the tiny thing, He take care of me.

A day before The BIG day.

Liza said we'll not going to. i laugh. she said it once again. i'm worried.

i couldn't described it by words actually. The situation was so hard and i confused.

you know what guys, it was an awkward and hardest moment when i couldn't talk to anyone.

What the hell if the trip is really cancelled? What about people said?

How about my mom, whole family, best friends, everyone?

O My God i couldn't stand it if it really happens.

so, where are YOU, God?

i tried to gain my Faith by texting Liza and Cynthia. Hope they'll do the same thing.

They're my Faith Booster fyi. 

But we're all confused and depressed on that day.

i was pray along the night. did packing my stuff. then pray again. cried out loud. till my hands UP and said,

"God, if You want me to passed it, i will do if You're with me. And let me still come to the airport and finished my FAITH. I'll face it till the plane take off."

i finished my prayer and said.. Amen.

4 p.m.

OhLaLa Cafe, Terminal 2, Soekarno Hatta International Airport

my mom was accompanied me there. She didn't know what's the real happen. 

She met Cynthia. They both cried.

My heart cried as well but i show it off with my Big Smile on my cheek.

what an emotional condition.

i really couldn't stand it actually. but i keep SMILING.

5 p.m 

6 p.m - Check in time

7.10 p.m - TAKE OFF.

My heart was broken.

i took my bag and said good bye. i'm going home with my head down.

i couldn't hide my tears. i CRIED out loud.

i was SAD and HAPPY at the same time.

because i finished it very WELL.

and curious what did HE taughts me?

here...

"The SUCCESSFUL of your FAITH is not when you get what you're prayin about. BUT when it's even FAILED, you could still standing like a man and say, I LOVE YOU GOD whatever the circumstances."

i cried out more.

i smile in the mid of tears fall down.

what the sweetest moment i had.

Thank you Lord Jesus..

You're the BEST teacher ever.

Special thank also for Liza and Cynthia.

You both had inspired me to keep in Faith.

and here i am.

STRONGER in FAITH.

Love,

Yulia - Woman of Faith

Believe it or Not?!

Welcome Baaacckkk!!!!

after 3 months lately...i never visited my blog...my home of words...

and i promise you all that i'll keep writing...writing my experiances for these 3 months..hihi...

i don't know how to start..

but this quote maybe will be a Good Opening:

"Keep the DREAM ALIVE...Don't let it DIE!"

it's TRUE and i BELIEVE it!

why..? here's the whole stories...

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Five years ago...in a Mission Converence from Youth Networking, God gaves me passion for mission field. He gaves AFRICA for me. It was GREAT and mades me confused at the same time. i thought it just an ordinary feeling...young people emotion...But i promised God to keep praying until He answered the vision.

i pray for this thing about two years.

then i didn't remember again.

Last year...exactly on June 2009 (i already join Manna Project ministry), my leader Peter Kwee talked to me in a prayer meeting. He said,"We have a plan to go to South Africa next year, for a World Cup Mission Outreach...so, you need thinking hardly to make a Great Design."

I was surprised on that day. I just thought.."O God, this is my dream...go to Africa."

I talked to myself..."Yulia, you need to pray for this first before you take it so deep."

The time has gone...and God opened the way each by each...

till on February 2010...we met the wrong connection..and the project almost canceled.

you know what....i did really disappointed...:'(

a week before my birthday on the monthly meeting, i talked to the rest of the team...that i would keep praying till God answer this dream.

Peter also said that i must beg to God, praying to Heaven and keep fasting.

i took the challenge and i did it.

Feb 25th 2010 was my Bday.

i pray to God...i have 3 things as my prayer and one of those was i beg Him to open the door of South Africa and sending us a Project Manager for this project. i also wrote the criterias of him. The dateline was on March 2010.

"You need to open the way or just close it and give us a sign." i said to God.

March 2010, God really answered my prayer.

He sent us someone from Netherland, Bastian his name.

The criteria was exactly like i was pray before.

and at the same time, He opened the door of South Africa.

From Capetown, He connected us with Ps.Why and Marina. Great Person in there.

Awsome!!

April 2010,

God remind me about the vision 5 years ago. i just cried aloud. How could it be?

and a little moment that mades...i had said to my friend either in 5 years ago that i would going to South Africa 5 years later....and now i've been there, friend...

June 6th - July 6th

i was in Capetown, South AFrica for World Cup Mission Outreaches.

This is GREAT! This is what God was done in my life.

(i'll write the stories later)

Now, i'm back to Indonesia...and still didn't believe it!

DREAM DO COME TRUE!

believe it or not, God's Vision for us is ALIVE!

you just need to take the first step to BELIEVE it with your whole heart and it will become true.

This is HISTORY. This was created by God.

This is my GREAT EXPERIENCE with God, Jesus Christ.

BELIEVE IT or NOT?!