Wednesday Wednesday Need Your Prayers Today!

In every life there is a storm they say, and so it goes with this trip as well. We were supposed to have appointments at the U.S. Embassy yesterday to get visas for the kids to come home to the U.S. They had said the week before we came that all the families were cleared to come, that all was well. But yesterday, they said they had not finished their work on the kids yet, and we could not have an appt. They "forgot" or somehow let us slip through the cracks. They will not tell us when they will be done. At first they said Monday, but the AWAA staff here told them that we all had tickets for Friday night, and we neeeded it done sooner than that. They did not make any promises. So, we wait. It is Thursday morning here now. We hope to have a call by 1pm or so that they are ready for our appointments, and if so, we can come home as planned. If not, it could be earlier next week, or even longer than that. The uncertainty is very frustrating. We don't know what Plan B is at this point--stay a few more days and see? One parent stay, the other go home? All of us go home and let Micah and the other kids go back to the Transition Home while we wait? All three families here have young children back at home in the care of others. We appreciate your prayers for the visa to come through today. They apparently don't do visa on Fridays at all. We have considered pressure through Senators and the State Dept., but they said last time they tried to use pressure it worked out very badly. Anyway, so please just pray.

We did not do much other than wait around yesterday. Micah and the others did get good naps in the afternoon. One baby is still a little sick, but otherwise all three kids seem to be doing well. I'll attach a couple of pix for fun.

Thank you so much for your prayers!