The DRC adventure

4 1/2 hours of sleep last night...My heart and my mind are buzzing. This is it! We leave in 4 hours! Life will never be the same. Bill and I had a date last night, one last night as just the two of us...we went into broadripple to one of our favorite places, the Brugge, we held hands and walked along the Monon. We dreamed together, we laughed and we cried.

Many have asked me what kind of emotions I am having, and each day they seem to change. Currently at 5:30 am, I cry out of thankfulness, joy, excitement and anticipation. Just a few days ago I was anxious, and fearful...2 days ago we still did not have our visa. And, the visa office had our passports and yellow cards. These are essential to travel, meaning, we wouldn't have left the boarders of the US with out them. Praise God that He is intimately concerned with His children. Cami is a friend I have made throughout this process who is also adopting, siblings from Jamaa Letu. Her husband, Ryan, is traveling with us to bring their children home, and Cami is staying in the States with their other 2 children. Well, Cami had a weird/unsettled feeling 3 nights ago about our visas and asked Jilma, our lawyer, if it was ok to call the embassy. So, she did call the very next morning, 2 days ago, to check on the status. The embassy said that Ryan, Cami's husband, and Jilma's visas would be here in time. Bill and mine on the other hand, wouldn't be sent out until Thursday via regular mail! The visas would have never gotten here in time. So, Cami stepped in for us, she kindly asked the Embassy to process our, Ryan's and Jilma's packets asap, she called FedEx, arranged with them and the Embassy a pickup to get our packet here. On top of all she had to do for Ryan's travels to the DRC, she ran to her neighbors to fax information to the Embassy, talked extensively to the Embassy and FedEx to make sure everything was correct, and...yesterday morning we opened our front door and in fell a FedEx package with our passports, visas and yellow cards! Jilma and Ryan's visas also arrived at their homes! Thank you Cami! Thank you God, that You are so intimate with us, and You tell us that we are to cast all of our anxiety's on you because You care for us.

So, everything has been cleared up, we have our passports, yellow cards, visas. We have Moses Birth Certificate correct, all of our Documents are translated. The US Embassy in the DRC will get us in in time and have committed to see us and get us out of there. Moses is legally our son, and we will meet him on the 19th! He will stay with us the entire time.

Please please please pray! We need prayers for our team, Jilma, Ryan, Bill and me. Ryan is bring Solange and Joseph home to Cami, pray for them and Cami and their other 2 children. and pray for Moses. Pray for health, energy, rest, peace. Pray for the children. Pray for safety. Pray for our paperwork, the government to show favor to us. Pray that they will accept all of our money, since we were unable to get brand new money as requested. Please pray. We are thankful to be able to share this journey with you, and can't wait to meet our son! Here we go!!!