This is a little bittersweet, because we weren’t supposed to get an August update…we were supposed to be in Haiti getting Jude! However, we’re encouraged that after months of photos with no smiles, we finally have a picture of Jude smiling. He’s smiling in the pool because he loves the water. Maybe we’ll only get […]
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It’s Hurricane Season!
Hurricane Gustav has dropped 7 1/2″ of rain on GLA, and it isn’t finished. However, the worst of it has passed and the staff and children are all well. The orphanage is in the mountains, so they are on high ground.
More News – 08-15-08
We received word Friday that while the orphan investigation was scheduled for Wednesday, it could not be conducted because Jude’s birth mother did not attend. Dixie, our orphanage director is now seeking to find her (again), find out why she did not attend, and get another date scheduled for the orphan investigation. We have been […]
Finally – News!
We just got word today that Jude’s orphan investigation is scheduled for tomorrow. This is very good news! This is (finally!) the first step in getting his visa. Once this is done, the US Consulate can approve Jude’s visa and have it printed up, and then we’ll get travel dates. We need this bathed in prayer. Please pray […]
Photos! Between updates…
Good morning, all! We still have not heard anything from the US Consulate or Embassy in Haiti. They have about a three-week process to get Jude’s visa done. Our papers have been there for two weeks, and to our knowledge, they haven’t yet started with the first thing in the visa step. However, we were […]
Getting Things Together…
While we don’t yet have a green light for travel, we have started to get things together for the trip (and we must give a huge thank you, again, to the ladies of Orangeville Baptist Church, as much of what we’ve gathered to pack for Jude was given to us by them).One of the things […]
Nursery Photos! – 07/25/08
Well, the nursery is ready, and Mom G did the quilt. Great job, Mom G – you can’t even tell that it’s a first quilt! This room still smells like paint, so we keep the door closed and the windows open as much as we can, which is good. Walking by an empty nursery ten times […]
Happy Birthday to Jude! – 07/25/08
Yesterday was Jude’s second birthday. We had hoped to have him home by then, but it was not to be. Our caseworker is traveling to Haiti next week with her church and will be stopping at the orphanage, so we sent a birthday gift with her. We are blessed to have her in our lives. The […]
What a Week!
Thanks so much to all of you for your prayers this week as we’ve worked with USCIS in Detroit and our congressional office. After constant (read: hours of) correspondence with the folks in Detroit, we’ve finally progressed! We were informed that, lo and behold, all the paperwork they have needed from us has been sitting […]
Working with our congressman
Well, the I600 we mentioned in a previous post has still not been processed and the issue is still not resolved. After a month of trying to get information out of USCIS (immigration) in Detroit and receiving only vague anemic responses, our caseworker has finally recommended that we go to our congressman as a last […]