Embassy! and Reading - Day 3

We got an email tonight saying . . .

"Congratulations, your family’s paperwork is being submitted to the US Embassy tomorrow."

. . . and all  I can say is "YIPPEE"!!!!!  This means that if all goes well and their file looks good, we could be cleared for travel in as little as 8-10 days.  PRAYING! We feel pretty confident that it will be a smooth clearance.  Usually, hold-ups occur because of questions in their status (are they true orphans?, etc.) or issues with health (positive TB test, etc.).  Our kids' case is well documented, well investigated and they are healthy.  And yes, we are praying!  It would be such a gift to have them home and settling in before Christmas morning.  As a homeschooling mama, I would also love that month-long break to allow all the kids to have time to 'mesh' before the grind of school picks back up.

We've been gathering little gifts to send over to the kids with another family, but maybe, just maybe, we'll be delivering them in person!  :-)

And now, here's Day 3 - Waiting in anticipation . . .

Isaiah 42:1, 5-6

Behold, My Servant, whom I

uphold

My chosen one in whom My soul

delights.

I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the

nations.

Thus says God the LORD,

Who created the heavens and

stretched them out,

Who spread out the earth and its

offspring,

Who gives breath to the people on

it

And spirit to those who walk in it,

"I am the LORD, I have called You

in righteousness,

I will also hold you by the hand

and watch over You,

And I will appoint You as a

covenant to the people,

As a light to the nations." (NASB)

Isaiah 60:1-3, 19-22

"Arise, shine; for your light has

come,

And the glory of the LORD has

risen upon you.

"For behold, darkness will cover

the earth

And deep darkness the peoples;

But the LORD will rise upon you

And His glory will appear upon

you.

"Nations will come to your light,

And kings to the brightness of

your rising.

"No longer will you have the sun

for light by day,

Nor for brightness will the moon

give you light;

But you will have the LORD for an

everlasting light,

And your God for your glory.

"Your sun will no longer set,

Nor will your moon want;

For you will have the LORD for an

everlasting light,

And the days of your mourning

will be over.

"Then all your people will be

righteous;

they will possess the land

forever,

The branch of My planting,

The work of My hands,

That I may be glorified.

"The smallest one will become a

clan,

And the least one a mighty nation.

I, the LORD, will hasten it in its

time."