This evening as Adam and I were packing the car for our drive to DC tomorrow I decided to check the Fed Ex tracking number for our return postage paid overnight envelope that we had sent with our visa applications. (I have checked it so many times over the last week that it is almost second nature to type in those numbers. I stopped checking after 5pm Friday because the embassy isn't even opened on Fridays and our friends couldn't pick ours up on Friday.) Well, I just checked it again for kicks and......
IT SHIPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Friday evening at 5:27pm our package left DC and started making it's way to us! It is scheduled to arrive at our home on Monday by 3pm. We are hesitant to book flights yet because we are not positive they approved our visas....they are allowed to deny them with no reason given. But, we have put a flight on hold to leave Atlanta on Monday night if the visas are approved!
We are hoping to be in Ghana on Tuesday night and spend the day with our sweet kiddos on Wednesday and adopt them on Thursday!!!!!
We are amazed and overwhelmed by this change in events. We were ready to fight for our visas at that embassy in DC and God has totally given us this amazing gift!
We had already come to a position of complete surrender to His plan and truly trust that He's got this whole thing worked out. Truthfully, if the visas come and they have been denied we will continue to surrender and trust. To God be the glory!
AMAZING!!!!!! Celebrating with you!
ReplyDeleteBeen thinking about this all day long. Wondering why the delay. Nothing being revealed.
ReplyDeleteThen at church tonight we sang a song with just the right verse. Romans 8. If God is for us, who can be against us? In the song we sing it out, we sing it loud, and then we repeat it. It is very convincing and so each time you just have to sing it louder and with more conviction.
I just thought of you and this situation again during the song. (Jill needs this verse)
After church I was inspired to go to Sarku and order the "Thompson Special" (Chicken Teriyaki with double meat /2 plates) I thought of you again. Now as expected the meal was delicious and quick and relatively inexpensive.
I just came home and read your post. All is well Jill. Wonderful news Jill. Our God IS for us. And our God IS mighty!