Miracle visas full posting

So, here it is the long awaited blog about yesterday's post.  We have visas, as many know.  We received a call Thursday night that the consulate wanted us to sign paperwork.  They would not say if we had received visas or not.  When we arrived, we signed the paperwork and were told that we would have visas within the hour.

For a celebration, we went to the Hassan Market to buy groceries.  There was a hope that our information could be passed onto the authorities here so we could receive our exit paperwork, but unfortunately they did not make it in time.  After getting our visas we returned to our current home and spent the rest of the time with Sheresa's family.  Saying goodbye was bittersweet, but it was time for them to leave.  It was truly a blessing to hang with them for so many weeks.  As I write this, they are about 5 hours from landing at their final destination.


It is a national holiday this weekend, so of course Monday is also a holiday.  Our paperwork will be turned in on Monday night and hopefully we will have our exit visas from the DRC on Wednesday and we can get out that night.  We have sent an email to our travel agent to see if he could get us out of here on Wednesday, but won't know till after the weekend.  At least we can get out of here by Thursday if all goes well.

This process has always had road bumps and still does, but we are believing God that He will get us out of here quickly.  He has shown His faithfulness to us so far, so we are fully believing in what He has promised in Ezekiel.  (There will be no delay)  

The girls are doing great and we are becoming quite a family here in the DRC.  It will be interesting to see how we do once we are home.  I suspect we will do rather well.  I know there will be moments, because there are moments here where we are asking how did we get into this?  This has been a wild ride and we are so grateful for those who have come with us.  Thank you to everyone who has taken care of our animals, watched our girls, cleaned our house, walked our dogs, cleaned the cat litter, etc.........   We could never have done it without you.

We know that you are ready for us to come as we are ready to come home.  Please continue to pray for us this week so that we can get home without any hitches.

Helping the grounds people

Visas in hand at Hassan Market

Natalie with our driver Patrick

Natalie and Amber day of leaving

Hanging with Eli one last time

Play time this morning