OCTOBER 7, 2004 - immigration red tape...

We got back the same information we sent to Immigration on Setp 22 with a note from Immigration asking for our "file number" or "alien registration number." Having no idea what that was we tried to contact Immigration here in Atlanta. Their web site offers only their fax number, so that's what I did. I sent a very cordial fax begging for help. To our great surprise, I got a call back the next day, explaining that we had no file number or alien registration number, but that we should just write "Adoption / A600" in that space. So Angel braved the deepest parts of downtown Atlanta to take the paperwork back down to them, only to find out that the only way into that office is with an appointment. Angel called me from her cell phone, and I went to uscis.gov to setup an appointment for that day. Nope, earliest appointment day was like October 12 or something. But God is good, and He provided a very helpful and nice man at the front desk who walked Angel right up to the proper office and told her where to leave the information.

This whole process is in God's capable hands. Everyday, we see something else that we have absolutely no control over, and yet God provides a solution. We can't wait to see how He provides for our kids' clothes, toys, books, beds, and all the other things that we can't yet shop for because we don't know anything about our kids! What a walk of faith.

Please pray that God would send wonderful caregivers to the orphanage(s) where our children are living today, and that our children would be warm, well fed, well-loved, and taken care of with the gentlest of hands. All these things are in the hands of our great God.