News Bulletin

I am going to interrupt this story with the following News....I had hoped & dreamed to soon begin a post with that statement, followed by some good news such as, "the reason we packed our four 50# travel bags for Uganda (which have been in our bedroom for the past four weeks) is now here."  or  "we have just heard that our daughter & son-in-law are on a plane on their way home with our newly adopted Ugandan granddaughter", or "we have now gotten our court date assigned and are on our way..." or something of this nature.   However, I am not reporting any of those....yet.    What I am about to report is a need for prayer.

It appears there have been more and more "hang-ups" with the U.S. Embassy in Uganda granting the IR4 visa's necessary to immigrate the orphans to America with the new legal guardians.   Such as our daughter and son-in-law, who were granted the legal guardianship after a long & "bumpy" 4 weeks in Uganda, only to now have had to wait over a week for the issuing of the Visa for Rinah.  They have already re-booked their return tickets that were to be for last week and are now re-booked to return on Thursday.  They have yet to get the visa in hand.  When they went last Friday to the Embassy, they were told "we might not even let you take the child with you."  They went back on Monday and were told that they need to consult with D.C. regarding the "abandonment" issue.  (What?! How could that even be in question in her case)?    They will need to pick up the visa tomorrow (Wednesday) for them to be able to keep their return flight on Thursday.  PLEASE PRAY THEY WILL GET THE VISA ON WEDNESDAY!  Thank you so much.

Also, for us.  This is not good news in our journey.  The two girls we are wanting to adopt both have living parents, who have not abandoned them.  They are simply too poor to care for them, so the girls live in an orphanage.   This used to be a good enough reason to let you adopt these children, but as of the last year, apparently the U.S. Embassy has not issued visas very readily to Americans wanting to bring these kids home for adoption.   It causes us much sadness to think we have come this far.....having filed our papers, having bonded with these girls, having told them and gotten their hopes up, only to now realize we may not have a good case for the immigration.   We are praying and trying to see if the Lord would have us contact someone who can help us on this side before we go or what to do.  Please pray we know what the Lord has for us in this next step.

I will continue to blog our story from the beginning, but this is where we are right now.
Thanks for reading and for caring.  "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.  These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."