Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Here we go...

Well, our departure date has finally arrived! We did try to get some sleep last night, by the way. Anyway, several friends have asked to know our schedule when we are actually in Thailand so they could pray for us. Thank you so much for holding us up in prayer!

Sep 4 10:40 a.m. Our flight leaves! We have layovers in San Francisco and Tokyo.
Sep 5 11:10 p.m. (9:10 a.m. back home) We arrive in Bangkok, go to hotel and SLEEP.
Sep 6-8 Sightseeing and hopefully getting over jet lag.
Sep 9 a.m. orientation meeting with Holt Sahathai and WE GET TO MEET THE KIDS FOR
THE FIRST TIME!!!
Sep 10 Visit the children at their foster home (possible)
Sep 11 Beth and Jack say goodbye to foster family and come to stay with us in the hotel.
Sep 12 a.m. Formal meeting scheduled with the adoption board, paperwork signed
p.m. US Embassy to file the immigration papers to obtain visas for the children
Please pray that the applications will be approved the same day!
Sep 13 If applications for visas are approved, return to US Embassy for an immigrant visa
interview.
From there, we just have to wait for the visas to be completed by Consular Services. We'll keep you posted.

Thank you again for your prayers and excitement!

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