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171-H and Visas are here!!!

After much drama I am thrilled to say that our 171H got here! That was really stressing me out, but now I am just glad it is here. This was the one piece of paper that we needed from our government to travel. The original one expired because the wait extended so long. The Visas came yesterday from the Chinese consulate in Houston. That just looks cool in our passports.

So now the next phase is the continuing wait on the Travel Approval from China. As soon as this arrives our agency will confirm out Consulate Appointment with the US Consulate in China and then we scramble to make our travel plans.

We are ready – come on China!

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Thankful Thursday

Ahoy! VBS was great this week! They have one more day, but I will be with my friends Amy and Jess in the morning and then running back up to the church for the little event with the parents. So I am thankful for such a successful and fun VBS.

o For my oldest friends (timewise not agewise) Amy and Jess being able to come to visit me for the next 5 days!

o For our 171 situation finally being resolved (lets hope we get it in the mail by Friday)

o For the families in our church that have been just so excited about Nadia and letting us know that they have been praying for her. It’s so sweet that it brings me to tears.

o For the women that I got to know better this week working on the VBS team.

o For all the effort that everyone puts in for this week at our church and for what it means to the children who have never been to church before.

o For yahoo groups and the wealth of information you can find on very specific subjects, for example there is a group just for people who have adopted from the orphanage where Nadia is.

o For it already being 2 weeks since we saw Nadia’s sweet face. We are that much closer to travel 🙂

It’s been a crazy week, but it’s making the time go fast.

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Father’s Day; Anniversary and VBS

Whooshhhhhh! Watch the week fly by. Father’s Day was also our anniversary. We bought luggage for the trip, exciting, I know.

Then VBS started this morning. The kids are fun and the whole thing is so organized, even if it looks chaotic to an outsider. It’s called Summer Seaquest and it focuses on the story of Jonah and what his being disobedient cost him. Not just a lesson for the kiddos, all of us could use the reminder. This will keep me busy for the week and then my great friends Jess and Amy will be here, one from each coast. We are going to do it up Texas style which will include the stockyards and Mexican food. YUM!

We are sending off our stuff for our Visa’s and praying that China gets us our Travel Approval in a hurry! The faster that gets here, the faster we travel to pick up sweet Nadia. That’s all for now.