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She knows what she likes!

I'm SOOOO Old

Early in July we had a great time visiting one of our supporting churches, Grace Mooresville. They have faithfully supported us for 10 years! Thanks Grace!! My first teaching job (Mooresville Christian Academy--they've also supported us for 10 years!) was near this church and I had the privilege of meeting up with two of my students. They are now seniors in high school. Living overseas makes it hard to keep up with former students, so I was so happy to see them doing well. We had a great time meeting up with old friends and sharing with the k-4th grades Sunday school classes. Thanks for having us!

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Here's some of our activities in Indiana. Ana says "hi" to everybody in Singaore. She wants to go "home" and really misses you all!

Yet Another Adoption Update

Our papers were filed at the US embassy last Wed.! Hopefully we'll hear something in a week or two. Please pray that the papers are all acceptable to them and that they don't need anything new!

On another note our US gov't fingerprints (for background checks) expire Sept. 1. This of course is cutting it very close to when we will be traveling. Our agency has strongly encouraged us to get them updated, but when we contacted Bangkok they kept saying wait. To make matters worse we're now on different sides of the planet and were at a loss of how to do it. Our agency very kindly called to get some information and for me to get fingerprinted in the States it was going to take about 45 days just to get an appointment! Matt finally got a hold of someone in Bangkok and they said, "You don't need to be refingerprinted, we'll just run the last prints again AND there is no charge." This is a minor miracle--it's all in who you talk to!

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Trying to get caught up. I'm shooting for one or two posts a day!!

Adoption Update

All our documents are ready to be submitted to the embassy (in less than a month!!!) There was some minor drama because the agency staff all went on holiday and hasn't checked their e-mail, but the director in Ethiopia was good enough to e-mail us directly. Everything seems to be in order now! Thus begins the wait on the US embassy--some cases are processed very quickly and others take months. We're praying for no problems in the paperwork and good dates to go pick them up.

Quick Adoption Update

Nothing is definite, but we were informed that they think our case will be submitted to the US embassy within the next two weeks! Things are slower at the embassy as there are staff changes and people on vacation. We are excited to see things continue to move! Keep praying that there are not big backups at the embassy because of staffing changes. Also, keep praying for two families that had court LONG ago and still have not received their MOWA letter. It's hard to see others around you passing and your case inexplicably sitting still.