Humbled by the Lord's amazing timing

It is so wonderful to be home and on a computer that works, not on dial-up, and electricity that stays on . AHH!! The things we take for granted.

We have not been able to read all the entries and will do so this week. We thank each and everyone that lifted our children in prayer. Our trip to Africa was full of some stressful moments but the Lord pulled everything together. I wish He would have been a bit sooner-- but all in His timing! Our prayer is that our experience will encourage others to walk out in faith and know that if the Lord has called YOU to adoption, that He will provide everything you need at exactly the right moment.

I have more time to write so I will explain the whole Nadia situation a little more in detail. Nadia is the baby and has a different father than the other 3. On the final court paper, they wrote her last name the same as the others. Even though this was the only place that it was wrong, the US embassy would not give her a visa. Our agency worked on this starting on Monday and was unsuccessful. We were told that we needed the paperwork by 10 or 11 AM on Thursday to complete the process. At around 10:30, our agency representative showed up at the guest house and told us that we would not get the VISA today, asked if Dan could stay until Monday, and told us that the extra days would help in possibly getting the VISA> Cyn was shopping and returned around 12:30. C was not happy with going back home alone and leaving Dan behind. Within a 1/2 hour we recvd a call from our agency stating that a judge had been found and that they were working on getting the document corrected. She said we needed to be at the Embassy at 3PM and this just never happens.
S, our coordinator thru our agency, told us that the head of the judicial system was found and told of the error. Due to the court shut down, a judge was not able to be found. But, the head person, called a judge, office clerk, the registar, and secretary to come in to the courts to redo the paperwork that they messed up. We could not believe all this was being coordinated for Nadia. The Lord loves her so much!
At 4:45 the Embassy staff had asked when the document would arrive. They closed at 5 PM. Well, at 2 minutes to 5, the document arrived and the staff graciously and quickly prepared all the documents needed for us to get the VISA for Nadia.
We raced out of the Embassy, back to the guest house, packed everything, said goodbye to new friends, and quickly took off for the airport. We could not believe the miracle that God had performed. The US Embassy staff could not believe that we got the paper. They said, "this never happens." We have heard that way too much this year. hee hee hee
So, we are humbled by the Lord! We are so thankful that He did not seperate our family and allowed us all to return together. YEH!