Bump in the road...

Ok, so we're in our hotel room and get a phone call from our contact asking if we have a copy of a current medical report (which was in our dossier). We don't have an extra copy, which turns out not to be the issue. Our contact comes to the room to talk to us and says that the province would like to see a medical report that is more up to date. The one we submitted is 11 months old. The strange irony of it is that it would have been fine had we have traveled back in March or April back when we were supposed to.

Anyways, the fix is that we get to make a trip to the French Hospital tomorrow morning and go for a physical exam. We're both really excited about that (feel the sarcasm). We're hoping it doesn't delay the ceremony date, but have a feeling it will :-/

One of the other families who have been in the same boat have to go too.

We're both really frustrated. Your prayers are still needed more than ever.

More pictures of Vietnam culture

Hey everyone,

I've taken quite a few pictures so far and I've uploaded several to my flickr account.

You can view a bunch here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vervecreations/sets/72157600005404869/

Meeting Jaidyn

Well, we just got back from Phu Tho about an hour ago. We finally to got to meet Jaidyn and she's beautiful. We got to the orphanage this afternoon, but had to wait a few minutes. There was a doctor there giving monthly check-ups to the kids. Once they were done they brought all the parents their babies to see and play with. Jaidyn was kind of unsure of it all and chose to quietly take it all in, then she fell asleep on Heather the rest of the time. She had a long afternoon. We ended up getting to spend around 30-45 minutes with her. The giving-receiving ceremony may or may not be tomorrow. It's just dependent on a couple of factors, but it should for sure be happening within the next few days.

Anyways, here's some photos from the afternoon. Enjoy!

Couple of pics

Ok, thought I'd give you everyone a few scenic pics from the first day


From our hotel window. Pretty isn't it.


Structure from Thong Nhat Park just down the road from our hotel.


Same park by the lake.


Bridge in the park.


We'll post more later. We get to visit the orphange this afternoon. One of the other families put it well, feels like getting ready to meet a celebrity.

We Made It!

Hey everyone, well we finally made it in last night at around midnight. The plane trips were long, but we ended up with good seats on the 15 hour flight, which made a huge difference. After about a 30 minute car ride we made it to our hotel safe and sound and everything in order. We met our contact this morning and one of the other families at breakfast. We're not quite sure what all we'll do today, but I'm sure we'll figure it out soon enough.

We'll update later.

Good News

Thanks again for all you prayers. God has blessed us. Jacob arrived in SF and has our visa/passports in hand. He is currently on his way back to the airport. It looks like we will be able to leave tomorrow on schedule. The other families we are traveling with should get their visas tomorrow morning. God blesses us more than we can ask. Not only was the ticket free but Jacob meet a man on the plane who offered to share a taxi downtown with him. When Jacob went to split the fare with him he declined and insisted on giving Jacob more than enough to pay for that cab, a decent tip and part of the cab to get back to the airport. I don't know why we have to go through these trials but God has been walking us through. Thanks for your prayers they are moving mountains.

The Saga Continues

Yesterday evening we received word that our visas did not get sent out like they were supposed to. Flights are very scarce right now so although we could try to reschedule our flight that might not happen or would cost too much. A good friend in our care cell offered us his free ticket to fly to San Fransisco to personally pick up our visas today. Jacob is currently waiting at the airport to board the flight. We don't know for sure that he can get the visas when he gets there but our caseworker felt like it was a good possibility that he would be able to. Then Jacob will get back at midnight so we can leave tomorrow at 8:40am. It is ironic since last time we were told to get visas they came with a day to spare which turned out we didn't need them. Now we need them and they will come a day too late. I am not sure why Jacob has to fly across country today but I am grateful God provided a way to do that by giving us a very generous friend. Please continue to pray that God would work out the details. We really need the rest of the paperwork to go smoothly.