PASSPORT!!!!!

Julia has a passport!!!!!

What's next?
* Fill out visa application form online - CHECK!
* Pay visa application fee - CHECK!
* Book visa appointment - waiting for payment to process, could take up to 24 hours
* Gather more documents for visa interview (i.e. letters, bank statements, affidavits, lease agreements, invitations, etc)
* Visa interview - HOPEFULLY will be by mid-July
* Buy plane tickets - Way more expensive going round trip from here. :-( And now paying for a child, too. Yikes!
* Go home!!!

She loves looking at her passport. :-)

Keep in mind, this is what is supposed to line out from here, but this is Kenya. Things do not always go as planned. There are also lots of "little things" that must take place as sub-steps to these basic big steps. And, in addition to all of this....life goes on and the ministry is MOVING!!!

It is notoriously difficult for a Kenyan to get a visa to America. And you might think that me, an American citizen, being the legal guardian of this two year old might help, but you would be sadly mistaken. In fact, it may even make things more difficult. The passport was supposed to be the easy, predictable step. Kenyans have the right to a passport. The visa is known to be a hard, tedious, tumultuous task. I am claiming that we have already faced our hard task and now God is ushering us on, going before us, and walking us through these final steps in the ease of His power!

God is so good! And I am thankful that He is BIG! We have more hurdles to cross and steps ahead, but we have made a huge stride this week!  Thanks for all your prayers the past few weeks.