God is so good!!!

We had such an amazing weekend! God has been so incredibly good to us. We had our final garage sale Friday and Saturday. I prayed for $500 and God gave us $516! On Sunday, our wonderful home church, First Baptist Church of McNeil, held a fundraiser for us and raised exactly $2000!!!!!!!!!!!! That's TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!! We were blown away by God's blessings and by the outpouring of love from our friends and family! If you ever want to truly learn to rely on God - ADOPT A CHILD! You have no choice but to leave it all in God's hands!

On a more concerned note, we found out today that because of the upcoming APEC Summit we may experience some delays. President Bush is traveling to Hanoi the 14th and 15th of this month and because of that, the US Embassy in Hanoi will be reducing their non-emergency services from Nov 6th - 20th. As a result, they will either not be taking Visa applications during that time or at least not very many, which means they will probably be backed up by the time we apply for Olivia's visa to return to the states at the end of November. The embassy is only open 3 days a week, so we were already concerned about it taking extra time to get her visa which is why we're expecting to be in Vietnam for 3+ weeks. It is amazing to see how much progress has already been made with Vietnam relations and we are thrilled that President Bush is working so very hard to improve things. We're also a little bit selfish and worried about being in Vietnam for longer than anticipated. Jake's 4th birthday is December 14th and I want more than anything to be home by then. Please pray for relations with Vietnam and also for a quick visa interview for Olivia! We want to bring her home ASAP! We're so so ready to finally be a family of 4 all together under one roof!