does africa know a song of me?

So, here is my story for you. My visa expires in 4 days... this is not fun news. I don't yet have all the required documents to apply for my Temporary Employment Permit, so I had to go to Mzuzu today to extend my visitor's visa for two more months. So I went to the Synod offices and met Rev. Nkhoma - the General Secretary for the Livingstonia Synod. Chatted with him for a bit - really nice guy. Then told him my problem. He essentially called the immigration office and told them we would be over in 5 minutes. He escorted me to the office. When we got there, he grabbed a random employee just standing around, handed him my passport and explained the situation. Within 10 minutes (of me sitting down - not waiting in any of the long queues), I was out of there with a lovely stamp on my passport that allows me to stay in the country legally until September! Pretty good.