And one more makes six

Hopefully this news finds you all well and enjoying a cup of coffee this Tuesday morning.  Legal guardianship of Patricia was granted to the Shaw family!  We went for our court appointment and the judge read the ruling for the family with us, granting them legal guardianship of Patricia's good friend here at GSF ,who happens to live five minutes from us back in Greensboro!  And then he read our ruling which was so exciting for us.  Hallelujah!  It was such an encouragement for Nate and me. 

It turns out that the Ugandan holiday is actually tomorrow- thank the Lord- because we couldn't have done anything with the Embassy tomorrow anyway without a passport.  The goal is now to drive back to Kampala to pick up the written ruling and Patricia's passport on Friday, and then go immediately over to the Embassy to turn those in as well as the additional paperwork I have filled out for the Embassy which will prepare them for our interview on Monday. While leaving the parking lot of the court, I called the US Embassy and spoke with the lady to try to schedule our visa interview for Monday, and she said that will be fine.  She will give us a specific time when we turn in the documents on Friday.

One issue down, one to go.  Typically it takes 48 hours for a visa to be issued after the interview.  Interview: Monday, flights depart: Tuesday at 11pm.  Folks, that's not a 48 hour time difference.  Please pray about this. 

We will discuss her coming home with us later tonight.  She'll now start staying overnight with us in the guesthouse.  We'll let you know how it goes.

Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers!

Love,
Kim