Whew! What a day. We got new birth certificates with our names as her parents, we finished all paperwork at SNA (the office of adoptions) and we got Alexandra's Peruvian passport. All that before 1pm. It only took about an hour to get her passport made. It was quite interesting...lots of lines and lots of people, but it went quickly. We left with passport in hand...hard to believe after waiting 3 months for the US ones for the other three. We were very grateful for the Lord's favor today as we had Alexandra with us and the other kids waiting at the apartment. Now we begin the US side of things. We have to take all of our Peruvian doecuments (translated into English...that is being done today) to the Embassy for them to authenticate. After that we begin the process of getting her Visa to enter the US. Apparently it is not easy for Peruvians to get a Visa. You would think that she would already be approved as the US had given us offical approval to adopt from Peru and it would be waiting for her, but unfortunately that is not how it works. That is what we will be working on the next 2 weeks...the US Embassy and US Consulate.
The boys leave Friday night. They are all ready to be back home. They will probably each hole up in the shower as soon as they get home for as long as possible...good thing there are 3 showers...one for each. Pray for Layne and the boys as it is an over night flight, getting into Miami Sat morning, where they will have to go through customs, then on back to Atalanta. Layne will then drive home. It will be a long night, but they will so enjoy being back home. They plan on doing some fun boy things while they wait for their girls to get back home!
God continues to go before us. Even though we have lost both of our debit cards, He has provided. I praise Him for the ease of working with USAA and the amazing calm Layne has in crisis situations. (ok, not really a crisis, but felt that way to me!) It is obvious He continues to go before us and my prayer is He goes behind us and touches all those that hear our story and cross our path, to seek after Him and His heart! Love to you all! Deb
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