We just purchased Phil's ticket to go to Congo to get Mark Joseph. Phil will leave August 27th and be back on September 9th. We are busy getting all the paperwork ready and preparations done for him to go!
We have the huge blessing of knowing the other adoptive family, the Wilmarth's. We met Gabe and Josie Wilmarth about 14 years ago at the first Bible Study we ever attended at Grace Community. They moved up to N. CA a few years before us and attend a local church that has become like a sister church to us. In March they decided they wanted to adopt the twins that had just arrived at the orphanage. We were overjoyed to be able to share this experience with them. Now they actually get to travel together, with Phil to Lubumbashi to get their children!
Right now Pastor Didier has taken Mark and the twins to the capitol of Kinshasa. They needed to go there to get passports and to go to the Embassy for their Visa appointments. It would be like us traveling to Texas to get a passport. But it was the only way.
They have Embassy appointments August 18th and 22nd to turn in all the required documents for the Visas. We are so thankful to Pastor Didier, he is doing all of this for us so that we don't have to spend so much time in country.
Pastor Didier is such a faithful, hardworking, committed man. He is so dedicated to getting these children adopted that he never stops. Right now he has malaria, typhoid, and an ulcer. Please pray for him. Pray that he gets better and has the strength to endure.
We recently got Mark's passport picture. It was the first clear picture we have seen of him. (There is nothing on his chin, just a dirty lens.)
So the long awaited day is finally coming. We see the light at the end.
And yet, it is all just beginning... :)
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