The drama continues

I know many of you are wondering if Laurens and the girls have made it to Canada yet. Don't worry. I will let you know when thy have made it!

The drama continues as the process to get passports that should take a day has taken over 4 weeks. We are not surprised by this, only frustrated. Every day things are "so close" yet not finished. Through all this though we know that God has His perfect timing. There are so many little things that pop up that I can see God knows so much better than I. He works all things for our own good and we are trusting His word in that.

Laurens now has verbal confirmation that both girls passports are completed. Yea!! Not a total sigh of relief for us yet as he still does not have any papers in his hands. That is when I will have a sigh of relief. When all papers that prove adoption and passports are in hand.

Anyway, the latest drama is as follows. As you know, we are adopting identical twins. Now to me (knowing them intimately for a year) they don't look that identical anymore. To the untrained eye however......you can think you are talking to the same twin until she looks at you like you have two heads (this is because it is actually the other twin you were talking to earlier, and this twin has no idea what you are talking about). Well this is the problem in immigration today. They do not believe it is two different children! After they finished the passports, they said they have to do an "investigation" to make sure they are 2 separate children! Laurens is offering to bring the children in front of them to prove it (which he may have to do).

I guess I am naive about why you would possibly want to do 2 adoptions and 2 passports for the same child. I am trying to think in devious terms and I can't even think of a corrupt reason why someone would do that. Sooooo anyway, with tomorrow's flight wilting away (flights now being only every Tues to Canada), this is where we stand. God can do a miracle and get the passport issue cleared, get all papers in hand, get Laurens to the Canadian consulate, get the travel visa, and have Laurens make it to the airport by 1:30pm tomorrow.....but we will be trusting in Him that He will do what is best for us.

I have tried reasoning with God, I have cast Satan away (every step of the way), I have pleaded with God, I have read both old and new testament scripture to find out how others in a situation such as this pray, and I have worked through them all. Laurens and I have been away from each other for almost 2 and a half months at a time when we need to be healing together and I can only think God has a reason and a plan and I need to trust in Him. I know our reunion will be all the more sweeter because of it.

Please pray that this investigation does not delay the situation for too long and that they would make it back soon. If you are a prayer warrior, tonight and tomorrow morning are great times to pray a ton for a miracle :)

Please also pray for Laurens as he has hurt his back today lifting a huge gate that had fallen on a security guard. The guard was flattened and stuck under the gate. The gate crushed the guard's body breaking his finger and lower leg. SInce he could find no one else around to help at the time, Laurens had to lift and move the large and heavy fence off of the guard himself to relive the guard's pain and set him free.

Just another day in Haiti