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.

Airline Tickets

Thanks for your prayers. God answered them. We were able to find airline tickets without much of a problem. We even got business class on the way home for about the same as coach both ways. Tickets right now are very difficult to come by on short notice so we know we have them by the grace of God. Our visas are being processed today so hopefully they will be in the mail tomorrow and in our hands by Wed. We leave Thursday morning at 8:40am. We fly to Atlanta and then get on a 15 hour plane ride to Seoul, Korea then to Hanoi Vietnam. We get in Fri night around 11:50 Vietnam time. Hopefully we will see Jaidyn on Sat it is a little up in the air but we are trusting God to work out the details.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

The next part of our adoption journey is about to begin. This morning we received a call that we have a confirmed ceremony date of July 23 and if we can get visas and plane tickets to get to Hanoi by Fri evening then we can see her in the orphange on Sat. July 21. We are so excited!!! It is difficult to find airline seats right now so we are praying God will somehow provide. We are confident that He will since He has walked us through this thus far. If everything goes according to plan then Jaidyn will officially be a part of the Bolton family on July 23. Then we will all hang out in Vietnam for another 3 weeks getting her passport and visa. Please pray this process goes smoothly and that there will be no more delays. We should be able to continue to post updates and photos in Vietnam so we will keep everyone posted.

The home stretch

There is hope that we are in the final weeks of waiting. We received an email that said that Phu Tho expects to be caught up with back logged families by the end of July. However we still do not have a confirmed date. We've been waiting 5 months surely we are one of the next families. We will keep everyone posted when we finally get confirmation. I am hopeful that it will be soon. Thanks for all your prayers. We are still sane so they are at least being answered that way.:)

Some News

Yesterday our caseworker emailed and said that Phu Tho is starting to schedule ceremonies for the back logged families. They expect that we could have a date by July 10th. Don't know if that means we could travel in the next few weeks or if we will just have a date for later in the month. We'll keep everyone posted.