Right now, we are still waiting for our marriage license and Jolene's Birth Certificate to be authenticated and sent to us from NJ. The wait time has been a staggering 4 weeks and possibly 2 more!! We got our documents from DE and PA in less than 4 days total. I have no idea why it takes so long in NJ! Well, I do have a hint, if we paid $20 per document plus the expedite fee of $15 and the cost of sending them FedEx to and from, we could have had them in a week or two... Ridiculous is what I say! So, $12 for regular post and a wait time of 4-6 weeks, or $70 and a return time of 2 weeks.... Yeah, crazy! We still have to pay that much and more to get the Chinese Embassy stamp of approval.
We didn't have to do any of that or pay anywhere near those costs for our other documents with PA or DE.
We have already sent 10 of our documents to DC for the US and Chinese Embassy stamps and they will be sent to our agency to be logged into the system and once all the components are together, the whole package will be sent to China!!
While we were waiting for our immigrations approval we went as a family on a backpacking trip to PA with some friends! We hiked 11 miles along the Mason Dixon Trail by the Susquehanna River and enjoyed some great views of the river and the Dam. We had beautiful weather over the weekend and enjoyed getting out into nature.
This whole process has so many ups and downs emotionally, but God has really been opening doors left and right down to each detail of what is needed each and every day. We are amazed.
We are so blessed by the outpouring of prayer and support. It is amazing! Thank you to everyone who has bought a shirt and or donated funds and Prayed!! Our shirt fund raiser is just about over! If you were considering buying a shirt there are only 5 days left!! So get your t-shirt now!
We will continue to update as we journey through this huge change to our family. Each day we are reminded that we are God's children and he has everything in His control. Please continue to pray that we would continually rely on Him for every need. It is very easy to fall into doing it on our own and stressing out!
This song has been going through my mind all week and I feel it is so relevant!
1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.
Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.
2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above
echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
(Refrain)
3. Perfect submission, all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blessed,
watching and waiting, looking above,
filled with his goodness, lost in his love.
(Refrain)
You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtbN5N8I8Hk
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