People, including Anna are curious and are asking me What is going to happen next.
The truth is, I don't know what the future holds. All I do know is that this is not the end. This is only just the beginning. The future is filled with endless possibilities and opportunities for us. Neither of us knows what the future has in store for us.
The next few weeks will be very busy for us as we begin the process of filing with our favorite government organization, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service(USCIS) for an adjustment of status aka "green cards" for Anna and the children.
Their visas expire on October 20th and even though we are married now, the Federal Government requires that we file for their green cards before the expiration of their visas or they will be required by law to return to Russia. We don't want that to happen so we must submit the necessary paperwork and of course pay a significant sum of money for her to maintain her legal status and give her "permanent residence" in the U.S. Otherwise she will become a statistic and lumped in with all the other millions of "Undocumented citizens" aka "illegal aliens" that currently reside in the United states. It will be a long and expensive journey on their pathway to citizenship but it is something we have to do to remain within the boundaries of immigration law.
Next week we will also register Anna for English Second Language(ESL) classes that begin in October. She will be able to attend free classes that are offered by the College of Western Idaho(CWI) two nights a week. Hopefully this will help her learn English quickly. Coincidentally, one of her daughter's school teachers will be teaching the ESL class. She is from Ukraine and is fluent in both Russian and English. It will be good to have someone we already know teaching the class for her.
Some of our other plans include holding a reception to celebrate our wedding with friends and family. We have not set a specific date yet because it will be a while before we can afford the reception we want to have. We would like to have Anna's family attend as well and that is an expense we cannot afford at this time. Maybe one of the major networks will like our story and offer to help with the expense in exchange for the opportunity to do a story. Personally, I think it may make a great Valentines day special for the Today Show(#TodayShow) or Good Morning America(#GoodMorningAmerica), but that is just my opinion.
Anna and I have also discussed the possibility of a reality show in our future but it has not went very far. At this time we don't have any plans of pursuing this. If we are contacted with an offer, we will certainly discuss it but for now this is not something we are actively pursuing.
Anna does plan to start her own blog soon and in fact I have already purchased the domain name hellobryan.com. It will be similar to this blog but it will be written in Russian and it will be written from her perspective of all the events that have occurred since we met over 2 years ago online. We will also try to provide an English translation for all our followers. We hope that she will start writing her blog soon but for now you can have a sneak preview at www.hellobryan.com. Anna doesn't think her story will be very interesting but I think it will be much better than mine.
We don't know what the future holds but at the very least we hope to publish a book soon.
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