Canadian Man Wants Kenyan Wife Issued Visa to Visit Him Ahead of His Impending Death
An ailing Canadian man who fears he could die soon has pleaded with Canada’s immigration to issue a visa to his Kenyan wife so she can visit him.
Patrick Kinsella met 32-year-old Mary Atieno Otieno during a trip to Kenya in 2017 after she was introduced to him by a British friend.
The two had been communicating through email until December 2018 when Patrick, 56, returned to Kenya to visit Mary, a makeup artist. Patrick proposed to Mary on Valentine’s Day last year, and the two got married eight months later in September.
After their marriage, the couple had planned to spend their time between Nairobi, Canada, and Ireland, where Patrick was born and raised. However, things changed after Patrick suffered his seventh heart attack while Canada in January this year, which greatly affected the functioning of his heart.
He said he has a hereditary heart condition that claimed the lives of his dad and two of his five siblings, all aged below 40. Patrick, who also battles diabetes, is currently on more than nine medications and his heart is only 25 percent functional.
“Unfortunately, his disease continues to progress despite his medical management,” his physician Dr. David Mee said in a report last month.
Patrick had visited his wife in March this year but was forced to travel back to Canada after he was unable to find three of his medications in Kenya.
He has asked Canadian authorities to issue a temporary visa to Mary and her 10-year-old son so he can spend his last days on earth with them.
Canada immigration has already rejected Mary’s application for a visa twice—last June and November. She filed a third application last month after learning Patrick’s latest heart assessment results.
“I had to pre-arrange my funeral, as no father leaves such to his children. Choosing my own casket at the funeral home was a very surreal experience. I recently completed my will and paid off my gravesite at St. Agatha cemetery,” said Patrick, a retired youth services manager with the Ontario government.
“I do not expect to see September. I will go any day. My concern is I will never see my wife and (step) son again. Our marriage is based on love, and I love her with all my heart. It was love at first sight in our relationship,” he said.
Patrick has two adult daughters with his previous marriage, which ended in 2011. When he married Mary, the two did not bother to file a spousal sponsorship to get her permanent residency in Canada because they had planned to split their time between the three countries.
“Pat is a great and special man to me. A man with a rare personality. I found a husband in him and a father to my son. He is loving, caring, and selfless. His passion for helping the less privileged anywhere in the world says it all,” said Mary.
“Love knows no bounds. Terminally ill people may live longer than expected. I have never allowed any negative thoughts about our future. Prayers work wonders.”
“I worry that Canada might deny us the visas the third time now despite my husband’s health situation. I fear that the worst might happen, and I will not be there,” she added.
Canada suspended international travel in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic but foreign family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents are exempted from the restriction.
“My wife and (step) child have no interest in permanent residence in Canada. Our life plan, please God, is to spend summer here, fall in Ireland and winter in Kenya,” said Patrick.
“Mary absolutely has no interest in becoming a landed immigrant here. All we have ever asked for is a compassionate temporary visa.
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my best wishes on that. And trully, prayers work wonders. Patrick can still live well
I hear you my dear sister. May Patrick be healed in Jesus mighty name,that he shocks the world. And may your visas be granted, that this testimony may change people's hearts and make them come to this Jesus. Amen and amen.
Amen amen hallelujah, I’m in total agreement with you in this prayer 🙏🏽. Please come back and testify in Jesus Christ name amen 🙏🏽
Pray with Emmanuel TV miracles do happen just trust in God all mighty
@Lusungu Mbewe, Emmanuel TV is fake. Those are stage managed miracles. Real sick people are not allowed to see TB Joshua. They screen the people first. Do not be fool by the circus that go on there.
They very strick. I went there 2 times with all of my family. I don't know I beleive. Its good Mary should do that with him.
@Guerdy, so many sick people are turned away. A sick man flew from Kenya to see TB Joshua but he was turned away. He stayed there for a week but each time he could not be allowed to go for those healing sessions.
I am surprised people still believed in that fake
Chant.... T.B JOSHUA is one of Africa's most talented COMEDIANS .. YOU must respect him ... he does not believe in God that's why the buy all these paid actors claiming healing .Its all nonsense and ignorance and ghd part of his cult.
Indeed they are fake. If people eyes can open to see, they will learn to pray for themselves.
Emmanuel TV is not fake I had spinal spondylosis for good 15 years.. 2011 I travelled from Ghana to Nigeria and by the Grace of God I've been healed till now...Let him watch Emmanuel tv.God will heal him..People critise what they don't know.
Why travel all the way to Nigeria though? Isn't God omnipotent? I pray that your spiritual eyes be opened. People need to quit following a mere man and signs and wonders and have faith in God..You have the authority in the name of Jesus to get all the miracles you want as long as you believe.
Why travel all the way to Nigeria though? Isn't God omnipotent? I pray that your spiritual eyes be opened. People need to quit following a mere man and signs and wonders and have faith in God..You have the authority in the name of Jesus to get all the miracles you want as long as you believe.
She can only pray to God and she will here him. Besides the owner of Emmanuel tv (tb Joshua) is a witch and a sorcerer
May God heal you Patrick,God heal our prayer we are with you and you shall live long.
Dear Mary;
Please seek for God intervention in you husband's health and visa process. God is able
May almighty God except you from this...We are human beings and the concerned embassy should act to this with immediate effect..so touching story.
We serve a Living God. Pat have Faith that God is changing your current situation to a life full of Good health. Mary be the prayer warrior and stand in the Gap...soon we will have a testimony.
Please anybody who can reach either of them to tell them go to Synagogue Church of All nations in Lagos Nigeria, Patrick will receive his permanent healing instantly. They can also pray with prophet TB Joshua on Emmanuel TV, distance is not a barrier to the holy spirit. Please mwakilishi. Com pass this message to them
@Lydia Awuor, Emmanuel TV is fake. Those are stage managed miracles.
You are sick 😙🔥 what did you mean by Emmanuel TV is fake?
@Emmy, Do not be fooled by that circus you see. Those are stage managed miracle. They are not real. You do not know what goes on behind the scene. TB Joshua said COVID-19 will be over in march 2020. He said Hillary Clinton will win. He is a false prophet.
the owner tb joshua is a witch and a socerer that took the bible to fool people. becareful
Why don't he heal all the sick suffering from all sort of diseases in Nigeria 🤔God help me to trust only in u, not in fake staged miracles.
u busy criticizing God's work. leave people follow what their guts tells them.. are u an agent of the darkness?. u cannot use ur own view on people's life, use it for urself n ur family. everyone chooses his or her own life. God knows the truth.
Emmanuel TV is not a fake, have you been there, you're just posting rubbish, you can't judge a book by the cover, Mary should pray for her husband and also pray along with Emmanuel TV, you should have faith and believe that your husband will not die premature.or Mary should visit nigeria.just believe that your husband will not die by his grace of God almighty.
@Blessings Ngozi, stop exporting your false prophet to Kenyans. Kenya has genuine pastors and we know them. Keep our false prophet in Nigerian.
Who are those genuine pastors in Kenya? Last time I checked they were receiving bribes from Dp Ruto so they continue the 2022 narrative. John Cardinal Njue and pastor Kariuku were all silent in 2017 when Uhuru and Ruto were killing children mainly because of tribe. It's not all about the word, it's about the tribe as far as these nasty Kenyan pastors are concerned.
You know most black people don't learn to mind their own business, believes are personal, please learn to stay in your lane.
You know most black people don't learn to mind their own business, believes are personal, please learn to stay in your lane.
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God will wondours. Just believe
Pat have faith and invite Jesus Christ as your Lord and saviour he gave a companion the third time to witness His goodness declare you will not die but leave to proclaim the goodness of God in the land of the living.Cancel the spirit of death in your life and mind and see life.The God who started the good work in you will accomplish it.I pray for full recovery of your body and spirit in Jesus's name
Sometimes the embassies can be unfair,I know how it feels to be denied visa when you have no interest of staying in a foreign country.
Prayers work wonders ,am a witness to that.may God sustain him longer than the doctors' reports.
The God we serve is a faithful God i believe you will see your wife and son and all will be well
Nothing it's impossible in the eyes of the Lord.Mary i will join you in prayer and have faith God always open way where there is no way.
My heavenly father let healing be your Portion Patrick you will not die in the mighty name of Jesus Christ for your healing to be a testimony to many
God is Our healer , put your trust in him , believe and it will be done in Jesus name . Amen
Instead of trying to con Patrick to go for prayers in a nondescript church, the pastors should go to the nearest hospital and pray for Covid-19 patients. Heal those first.
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All o would tell Mary is that there is power in the God of miracles even to heal Patrick and get visa to Cananda effortless. Just believe n visit prophet Samuel Kakande of Kakande ministries in Uganga.
We serve a living God,,God who Heals all disease,,,it is well with pat , receive healing in jes6 might name
Patrick you have already receive your healing,,,,and the has been permitted to Mary,,,,,all shall be well in Jesus name
Patrick you have already receive your healing,,,,and the has been permitted to Mary,,,,,all shall be well in Jesus name
Suggesting Patrick get in touch with his area MP or MLA right away if he hasn’t done so. They can be of help. Speaking from experience.
All the best Patrick and family.
May almighty God see you through this difficult moment in Jesus name Patrick is healed
prayers to both Mary and Patrick. I may not be the perfect person or the right one who depends on hope but I believe loves crushes all obstacles. just depend on that even though it may be less helpful,pray and always believe. before u even know it all will be well. God bless.
Patrick I pray for you it is the desire of Lord Jesus to heal his children I declare and decree that that disease is not for you to die but it's to the glory of God...you will testify to his greatness God is a miracle God..oh God intervene in his life and heal him in Jesus Christ name I pray Amen
Continue to TRUST God He will make a way for you. Father in the name of Jesus please touch Patrick body and make him hold in Jesus name amen.