I sent our 1600 application off at the end of november. The DAY they got our application they cashed our check.
I'm telling you just short and to the point facts b/c I have no clue what to do or say at this point.
When and if we get fingerprint appointments when then have to wait another few weeks to receive our I171H. Then we go get our physicals. Then we have to take everything to get it authenticated in Raleigh. Then it goes and sits at AWAA for a month so they can review it. Then it goes to Washington DC, then to Rwanda. (i think i have the order of that right)
Are you smelling what I'm stepping in?
I'm beyond ready to go back to Kenya.
I love all my family and friends... more than you know
but I want to go back home...
...i miss my babies in Kenya
america is nice
i love my bible study girls
i love my college and career class
i love my church
i love living with my brother, sister, and nephew
i love spending time with our families
i love my best friends here
but i miss serving there...
...i miss everything there
Praying for you and believing that appointment for fingerprints will come soon. Hang in there. Hopefully we will get to see you before you go back!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Lindy. Praying.
ReplyDeletePraying for you BFF. Miss you:)
ReplyDeleteHello my sweet love, I got on here s/p an ED shift b/c you've just been so heavy on my heart. I was excited to see a recent post, but so saddened by its' contents. I just cannot understand all of the delays in this process b/c you and Chris will be 2 of the best parents this world has ever seen and I wanted you to have your babies yesterday; HOWEVER, what I do understand is that our God has an incredible plan, and while we don't understand these delays, He does. And no matter how crazy and insane this all seems to us, and no matter that I can't understand the roadblocks, He does. I love you guys so much Linders, and I'm praying praying praying, and when I don't know what to say and what else to pray, I just remember that "He does". Please let me know if I can do ANYTHING at all to help you guys - I mean, I'll totally drive to Charlotte and explain to them that there are Tiny Thompsons waiting on their awesome parents, and that they need to get shakin' on that paperwork! Love you boo!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lindy for the comment on my blog and because you get it! And seriously, you guys have the most respectful blog of any missionary blogs I have ever read. I am so touched by the respect you show the people you minister to/alongside (your partners) and you don't simply go for the missionary default of evoking pity for those ministered to. And I am not simply saying this because you get it - but seriously, I talk about you guys and your ministry and just how christ-like is your service - just sorry I have never mentioned it to you.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for all the delays in getting your children home (and seriously, it is Kenya's loss that your kiddos will not be from Kenya because Kenya did not get its act together to become Hague compliant). I know being on the waiting end is really, really hard, but for what its worth, we are so grateful to God for the delays. It took our social worker a year to write our homestudy - but today, I look at my kids and realize if things had happened on my timeframe - they would not be in my home and that is simply a horrific thought. The kids totally fit into our family and at the end, God used man's imperfections to bring just the right kids into our family.
Hang in there and praying that you can get the fingerprints asap so that you can go back to doing what you do best - minstering with a servant's heart and demonstrating Christ's love to those you serve alongside.
Blessings.
I love you. And if it makes any difference, I think about your babies ALL THE TIME and, oddly, I miss them.
ReplyDeleteYes, I miss those little boogers and I realize I don't even know them.
Maybe that's crazy. But I never claimed to be normal.