The past two days have been crazy. Yesterday God moved yet another mountain for our family. We were one of four families who received a call from the American Consulate saying that they had not received an approval cable for Gracie's Visa approval (The wonderful angel God brought across our path at the Charleston USCIS office had taken care of this for us before we left - There was no fault on her part!) When we found out, it was midnight in the States. We immediately emailed our social worker as well as our contact at the Charleston office. She responded first thing in the morning and emailed and faxed the appropriate form to the Consulate here. We were SO grateful and once again in awe of how God takes care of us. Only one family is still awaiting their approval cable and has already had to delay their travel by one day. Please join us in praying for them!
Yesterday afternoon we had the Children's Hope group photo and then all went to dinner together. I have to admit, I am so ready to be home, but I am going to miss all these precious babies. We are all so blessed.
Today we spent more time at the pool and actually started the re-packing process. This afternoon we found out that the Consulate did indeed receive our Visas 37 Cable, so we're literally good to go! All the families went to the American Consulate to receive children's passports and Visas and to take the oath for our children. (No cameras allowed)Have mercy - I couldn't hold back the tears.I was a mess! Three years had come down to this moment. There were over 30 families there (not just our agency) taking the oath and it was a surreal, beautiful experience. I'll tell you what, even walking in and seeing our American flag got me choked up. I pray I will never take our country for granted again.
Tomorrow will be spent packing and probably more time by the pool. We leave the hotel Friday morning at 6am for the Guangzhou airport. We'll have a one hour flight to Hong Kong where our international flight will leave at noon. Then the 14 hours of fun begin! We covet your prayers for that last leg of our journey.
Goodnight form China!
Pictures:
1. Our Whole Travel Group
2. Tooth Brushing Lesson
3. Priceless
No comments:
Post a Comment