Hallelujah!!!!

Well, Praise the Lord! He is our provider!

God has provided Isaiah's corrected passport. It has been sent to the Embassy. Now, our coordinator will need to just drop by with our son for an interview and we are on our way to the finish line!!!

Once the interview is complete, we wait for the letter of invitation and then make tentative travel plans and apply for our Visa's and wait for our son's Visa to be issued. We make reservations at St. Anne's Parish and make our travel plans permanent. We confirm that our son has had a medical evaluation and send our itinerary to our adoption agency.... and in 2-4 weeks...we fly!

Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Needing prayers...

Apparently, the corrected passport has not come in yet. Ugh! So we will have to be rescheduled for our Embassy Appointment. The good thing is that the Embassy Coordinator will get us back in asap, even during the week, which is not usually the case. The bad news is that we don't know when the passport will be ready. I have to admit that my frustration level is up... kinda high. I know that I have to trust the Lord with this and I do, but emotionally, I am just pure frustrated. I know I can do nothing to change things and that I need to rest in God's comfort, so that is what I intend to practice... I thank you for your prayers as we wait...

Passport Error

Okay, so Isaiah's passport did come in, BUT there was an Error in the spelling of his name! It has been sent back and we are praying they will be able to make the correction quickly and have the new one by early next week... Thank you all for your prayers!!! They really do help!!!

We are celebrating!!!

Hallelujah and Praise the Lord!!!! Isaiah's passport is in just in time for the Embassy Appointments next week!!! YAY!!!!! Thank you all for your prayers!!! Now, we must pray that the coordinator is able to make it to both of the Embassy Appointments and all will go well. March 15 is the document drop off date and March 19 is the day when they "Interview" Isaiah to make sure he is the child that they say he is... :) Once this is done, they will process his VISA!!!! YAY!!!!

Please Continue Your Prayers

As we approach our Embassy dates, it becomes more and more important that Isaiah's passport come in. At this point we believe that our Congo coordinator has not applied for it yet. She has been extremely busy and has had some issues of safety.

DRC is a very dangerous place filled with corruption and greed. Our agency is a very reputable agency's orphanage in the DRC, but can also be a target for the corrupt individuals and groups. Our agency refuses to give into threats and to give bribes. This does make things a little harder.

At this time, we are praying that our son's passport will be in before our Embassy dates of March 15 and 19. If it isn't, our Embassy Appointments will have to be re-scheduled. Please pray with us that our Coordinator (Teetee) will be able to get the passport and attend the appointments. Thank you for your prayers!

Please pray...

Hello All, I have put off writing b/c I have been a little bit discouraged. Although we now have our Embassy Appointments, which are March 15 and March 19 (not 17), our son's passport is not in yet. We are unsure whose error this is since we are getting mixed answers. His passport should have been in weeks ago. Hopefully, this situation will be resolved before our Embassy dates. If not, the Embassy will have to reschedule our appointments since the passport is required, possibly costing us several more weeks of time.
I ask you to please pray with us about this. Daily if possible. We need your prayers. We thank you for your support. God has blessed us with many wonderful friends and family!

GOD IS SO GOOD!!!

We have our Embassy Dates!!!
March 15th is the file drop off date and March 17th is the Interview date! Our In-Country Coordinator will go to these for us. And about 3 weeks later, our Visa processing will be done and we will get our travel dates!!! It looks like we will be traveling in April!!! YAY!!!!! Thank you all for joining us on this journey! We will continue to give updates throughout our travel and after we return...God is so good and He is faithful all the time!!! PTL!!!