Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Wednesday

We have had a lot of people ask us about our 10 day wait. After court on Friday, if the judge gives us the "yes, we can adopt", the 10 day wait will start on Saturday. Right now we have flights to leave here on the 30th of October. The 10 dsay will end on that Tuesday, that is when we can apply for a passport. It usually takes 3-4 days to process. Our reps are going to see if we can get it by Thursday (our flight leaves in the evening).

Thanks so much for your prayers. We got to see God work in many ways yesterday. This was the first time a social worker never showed up for a court hearing. The head of the social services could never get a hold of her. Our rep begged and pleaded for another social worker to fill in. When they found one, their was documents to be notarized giving this social worker permission to be there. So we were thankful that our court was delayed till 2 yesterday.

Today we plan to go to the orphanage and visit our boy, then try and visit with other American adopting families. We are going to try and visit him every other day. It costs us about $40 a day to see him.

We are slowing getting use to the time change. We managed to stay up till 6:30pm and sleep till 3am. We will try and stay up later tonight.

Keep those prayers coming!!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

We are sorry to hear about the delay. We will continue to pray that the rest of the process goes well and look forward to hearing about your visit with Justin.

Bob & DeAnna Parsons

Anonymous said...

We are sorry to hear about the delay. We will continue to pray that the rest of the process goes well and look forward to hearing about your visit with Justin.

Bob & DeAnna Parsons

etbell95 said...

Geoff and Karey,
I have been checking your blog but just now found out where to leave a message! May God give you peace, patience, and perserverance during this difficult process. Prayers are being lifted up for the two of you and your four children as well.
Love,
Julie (and the Bells)

Anonymous said...

I'm so sorry you had to have the grouchy judge and know you must be so frustrated with more delays. We will be praying for you and the people who are helping you.

Scott & Heather

Anonymous said...

Hey Guys -

Hang in there. We know how frustrating it is when your life is controlled but other people but we are also encouraged to know that God is ultimately in control. May he bring you peace and smooth sailing through the rest of this journey.

Michele and Charlie.

Anonymous said...

So sorry to hear about the delay. I think of you all often. I talked to Melissa on Sunday and she was excited that she would get to talk to you on Monday. We all miss you here and are praying that the process will wrap up smoothly and you'll be home with Justin soon! Stay positive, as you know God is at work here.

God bless, Kristi, Anthony, & Laci Thompson

Stephanie and Dennis said...

PRAYERS, PRAYERS and more PRAYERS coming your way. It will all work out in the end.

Good Luck, and keep us posted!
Stephanie

Anonymous said...

Impatience: Waiting in a hurry.

We pray..that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully giving thanks. Colossians 1:10-12

I just read this the other day from a calendar we got a couple of years ago from our small group white elephant gift exchange.

Just remember you're in our prayers. Keep jumping rope Geoff and maybe let Karey borrow it every once in a while!!!

The Ellis'