And life continues to get more crazy …

Yesterday we received notice that we have a appointment with the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China, on Monday, December 2nd. That was a little disappointing in that it is SO far away and also because it didn’t work out as well for our child care here at home nor for Leah, who is traveling back to her orphanage and away from the excellent medical care in Beijing. Our coming back Thanksgiving weekend worked perfectly for my parents to come to Dayton and be here when we arrived home with the girls. After talking with our agency, we decided that they would write a letter to request an appointment on Wednesday, November 27th, and I would call the US Consulate office in Guangzhou and talk with them. I had called them once before to expedite paperwork and, once you figure out how to actually get to a live person, I found them to be very gracious and helpful. Last night at around 9:30 PM I called and was able to talk to a very nice Chinese man who works in the office and I explained our situation. He told me that it usually takes 3-4 days to process something like that so I told him that our time was very short and asked if there was anyway someone could look at it sooner. He said that he would try but that it would probably be Friday before someone could make a decision.

We awoke this morning to a notice that that appointment had been moved to Monday, Nov.25th. WHAT?!?! Do they know how soon that is?!

So, today will now be a blur of getting the airline tickets and hotel reservations that are required for all of the paperwork in China to be completed in time. And it will be a long day for our in-country rep as he tries to coordinate all of our travel and passport requirements for the girls in China.

God really does have a sense of humour. He often times answers our prayers in ways that we don’t really expect and in a way that still gets us what we wanted and yet still requires a little bit of faith.

Cameron