So, two weeks and two days ago our baby girl's paperwork was headed to the US embassy in Seoul, and low and behold, the US permission for us to bring Lyv home was missing/lost. . . not in her file. So, no trip to the embassy and no subsequent travel call until that paper is found and her file is returned to the pile of babies headed to the embassy for their visa appointment.
From our US agency, we are to assume that her paperwork was quickly located and that she is back in line with her paperwork headed to the embassy (if not already there). Our US agency told us that once the paperwork was found, it should all happen pretty quickly and that was good news but that was two weeks ago. So we wait and we wait some more. You think I'd get better at waiting not worse, but . . . I was really hoping Alyvia would be home last Christmas as we thought she might when we were chosen to be her forever family last July. Obviously not home by last Christmas . . .
Anyway, that's where we sit. Waiting for Alyvia's (hopefully located) paperwork to join her file and her file to be sent to the US embassy in Seoul. This maybe done already. =)
Once her file is at the embassy, They will schedule a time for Alyvia to have her Visa Interview and that is the the LAST STEP before we get our call to TRAVEL AND BRING OUR GIRL HOME. We really are on the last step! Crazy and Amazing. And while we have been stuck here longer than we would have been without the paperwork lossage, God is in that. He will bring Alyvia home to us at just the right time. I have no idea why this/another delay in our journey to our girl, but God does and I trust Him. Not always as sweetly yielded as I could (keeping it real), but I TRUST HIM. He has done AMAZING things to bring this little daughter to our family and HE WILL NOT FAIL US NOW.
Since Lyv won't be home tomorrow (when our Korea Home study expires), we had a HS update vistit with our social worker this past Thursday. It was so nice and relaxed. I cleaned for a day instead of 10 days like I did last Spring when she first came to our home. Last year, we gave her "President clean" this time she got "friends coming over for dinner" clean. So much easier.
If you want to pray for us this week you can pray for a few things.
Please pray for Alyvia to be scheduled for her Visa Interview and then for us to get our Travel Call.
Though unlikely, these things could both happen this week.
Please pray for our Social worker to get our home study rewritten quickly. We cannot take custody of Alyvia without a current, notarized HS. So, we need our SW to really hurry.
There will be lots more to pray for in the days to come. Thanks for your love and support and prayers. God is answering and we are simply grateful . . . .
PS. For those keeping track at home, our US agency told us that Alyvia's group of babies (over 80 in all) would come home over the space of about 9 weeks. This week, we start week 4 of the 9 weeks of travel for her group.
