1 Peter 3:18 “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.” He did this for ALL of us and our sins past, present, and future. Amazing! All we have to do is accept this gift of Christ and we will be in Heaven with God forever! Thank you, Jesus!
This morning we went to the U.S. Consulate for our final visa paperwork review for the girls. The next time their paperwork gets reviewed they will step on American soil and be citizens of the United States of America! Yeah! What we do here is take on oath for them that all their information is correct. We then go through all the paperwork for them with the agent. Lastly, the girls get asked if they want to go to the U.S. by the interviewer who is American. This all went very well. We were not allowed any cameras so we do not have any photos of this event.
What did not go well was after the meeting. We needed to wait for a document to get notarized for Annabelle required by our agency as she traveled with us here in Guangzhou and later to Beijing. This caused us to be later than the rest of the group. We finally met up at the place to meet the bus, but no one was there. We thought they left us and we were on our own. It ended up that they were waiting at a coffee shop the entire time and just did not see us. I was not very happy as we thought we were stranded in China downtown and do not know the language. All that was needed in my opinion was some communication about what we should expect if the group is not there when we arrive. We had no idea they were waiting in a coffee shop. It seems like this trip has been a series of unfortunate events. I am just praying we will get to the U.S. with no more issues, healthy, and get through immigration. I just want this whole process to be OVER!
Once we got back to the hotel we had a light lunch in the room and swam. We then had dinner and went on a Pearl River Cruise. This was very nice and relaxing. The last time Kyle and I went on this cruise it was with Lily when we adopted her in 2013. That was a night I would not forget as on the way home in the bus she scratched my face so hard it bled in multiple places. This night would bring much nicer memories.
Tomorrow we pick up our visa packages for the girls in the afternoon. Everyone gets to sleep in for a lazy day. Kyle leaves us for America. I am not feeling very comfortable with his leaving me. Please pray for us in these last days. I feel like I am running the race and can see the finish line but it is VERY far away! Thank you.
Captions: First: All of us at river cruise; Second: Kyle and girls enjoying the cruise; Third: The cruise boat we were on
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