One More Checked Off the List!

What a miracle it's been to get these medical appointments in the time frame that we have.  Once again you can not deny the hand of the Lord in this process.  As we told you before, we were able to get Tracy in for her first appt. on Saturday (after saying they couldn't get her in until early this next week).  Saturday's appt. went well and we had the 2nd appt. today.  It went really well and she passed all of her tests.  She was given a clean bill of health for everything the US Embassy will require - YEAH!!!  Now that we can check that off the list, we move on to the next items.  For a recap, here are the things we need to have taken care of this week.  1) Tracy's passport.  This is huge.  We honestly don't know how they're going to pull this one off, but we continue to trust the Lord for his provision.  2) Judges ruling on Thursday. 3) Complete filling out all appropriate forms that the embassy will require (most of which are coming via DHL this week thanks to Tessa and Pastor Damian's help in sending them to us).  Pray for these to arrive in a timely manner.  4) One of our suitcases has not yet arrived and it has some papers that we will need - not to mention things I want.  :)  We believe all of these things will be accomplished by the end of this next week.  Believing for that, tomorrow we will make an appt. with the US Embassy for Monday, Dec. 8th in the early a.m.  At that appt. we will hand in all of our paperwork.  We believe that if we've got everything in order, they should issue her visa by Wednesday or Thursday, and then we turn around to leave on Friday.  So, there you have it.  That's the time frame we're on - we're praying that it falls in line with God's time frame!  We continue to trust God's perfect timing, although I have to tell you that our hearts would completely break if we have to leave here without Tracy.  The bond and connection that we've shared over the past 4 days with her have been so special, I can't imagine having to take a break from it or from her.  She is so ready to go home to three beautiful sisters who are anxiously waiting to share their lives with her.  It would be the most memorable Christmas our family has yet to, or probably ever will, experience. We continue to lift this up to Him and praise Him for the peace that passes all understanding.  I can tell you this, His peace definitely is with us.  I truly believe that Tracy will be with us on that plane when we leave here Dec. 12th...it's all in His hands.  Thank you for playing such a special role in this journey.  We're so privileged to have the love and support of so many family and friends.  We feel so blessed.  Tanya   P.S.  With the lack of activity the early part of this next week, we are taking a few days to regroup and prepare for the next round.  We may not update the blog until we've been to court on Thursday, so please recognize that no news is good news!