Monday the 18th our Article 5 was dropped off in Guangzhou, China. This is the last item of business before our Travel Approval (TA) is issued. It always takes 10 business days for it to be ready so August 1st is the day that it will be picked up by our agency's liaison. Once it's picked up it will be overnighted to Beijing which is where our TA will happen. So basically we are at least 2 weeks away from getting that.
Here's the fun news though. It looks like there is a trip planned for August 18. Which meeeeeaaannnnssss....
If we get our travel approval on time we could be leaving August 17th!
Now I'd like to point out that this is the EXACT time that is the most difficult for us. Emily's college classes start back on August 24th in Nashville. Her move in date to her apartment on campus is August 21. The other kids schools start August 22.
But here is what I also know. Our boy is sitting in an orphanage across the world and nothing will keep us from getting him asap. I fully believe that God will work out all of the details.
He reminds us in Isaiah 55:8-9 that His ways are higher than ours and our thoughts are not like his.
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
I'm giddy with excitement and nervous all at the same time. It's getting so close and then Micaiah will no longer be with out a family!!
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