Can't get past "waiting for activation" when setting up iMessaging, Help??

I am currently living in Kenya and using my AT&T iPhone 4 to communicate with my family back home in the States over iMessage and FaceTime (through WiFi exclusively). All of the sudden, I turned on my phone and iMessaging had ceased to function as had FaceTime. Upon trying to turn them on and off, I have been stuck with the 'waiting for activation' message and it doesn't go away!
I am tried resetting the date and time, resetting the network, logging in and out of Apple ID, going in and out of airplane mode, resetting my phone, resetting network settings.
Going to the Apple Store really isn't a viable option, nor is calling them.
If anyone has any idea how to solve this problem please let me know!!
Thank you very much!

haleyfromme wrote:
I tried what you suggested @fromsouth and still no luck! I am going to have to go back to online chatting with Apple I think. 
If you already tried to sign out of imessage, change your imessage password, Turn it on and sign in with email address only and leave it activating overnight.  Then I need to wish you good luck chatting with Apple.

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