Dear Friends,
The roller coaster is at least still on the track. It has been a crazy last couple of days. I will try to explain:
We were told on Friday that Emmert's Birth certificate is not signed and we cannot get his Visa and leave with him until that is done. Problem is that the 2 men that are commissioned to sign the birth certificates are in Egypt till the 19th. We were scheduled to leave Liberia today, but we were torn as to what we should do. We tried to call our travel agent to change tickets but the 1st flight she could get us was the 28th. Well...I wasn't about to miss being with my kiddos at home on Christmas, so it looked like we had no choice but to go, and leave Emmert here till the middle of January. We were praying and praying ,hoping that God would give us a sign.
Then as a last resort I called another agent, he informed me that Serena's ticket home for today wasn't even a valid ticket, becuase with a Liberian passport you can only travel through 1 European connection. We would have got to Brussels and been stranded there.... God began revealing his plan. I asked the travel agent if he had any tickets to get us home on the 21st and he said yes, but only 3 tickets. This meant that Jason was going to have to leave today and leave us here. Jason didn't feel comfortable doing this because these new tickets are a different route through Ghana, and we have a 22 hr. layover there, then fly to Germany then to Denver. So I called the agent back and asked if he could put a wait on a ticket for Jason. He said yes, but he was not sure that it would be available before Jason flew out tonight. AAHHH!! We began to pray and ask God that if He wanted Jason to stay here with us that God would free up a ticket for him. About 2 hours later the agent called and said he had a confirmed seat for Jason, all 4 of us could come home together. PRAISE THE LORD!!! God is so good to us.
Now is the time to pray for these men to return from Egypt (earlier than expected would be nice) so we can get a signed birth certificate, meet with Alma the Consulate, get Emmert's Visa, and get everyone home. PLEASE PRAY!!!
God has answered so many prayers for these children and we know he will not desert us now! Just like yesterday with the plane tickets and today we were told about and shown Emmert's Passport, PTL it came in 2 days!! I saw it with my own eyes!!
God is moving... He is in control... All he does is good...All of the TIME!!!
More updates soon.---Jessica
The roller coaster is at least still on the track. It has been a crazy last couple of days. I will try to explain:
We were told on Friday that Emmert's Birth certificate is not signed and we cannot get his Visa and leave with him until that is done. Problem is that the 2 men that are commissioned to sign the birth certificates are in Egypt till the 19th. We were scheduled to leave Liberia today, but we were torn as to what we should do. We tried to call our travel agent to change tickets but the 1st flight she could get us was the 28th. Well...I wasn't about to miss being with my kiddos at home on Christmas, so it looked like we had no choice but to go, and leave Emmert here till the middle of January. We were praying and praying ,hoping that God would give us a sign.
Then as a last resort I called another agent, he informed me that Serena's ticket home for today wasn't even a valid ticket, becuase with a Liberian passport you can only travel through 1 European connection. We would have got to Brussels and been stranded there.... God began revealing his plan. I asked the travel agent if he had any tickets to get us home on the 21st and he said yes, but only 3 tickets. This meant that Jason was going to have to leave today and leave us here. Jason didn't feel comfortable doing this because these new tickets are a different route through Ghana, and we have a 22 hr. layover there, then fly to Germany then to Denver. So I called the agent back and asked if he could put a wait on a ticket for Jason. He said yes, but he was not sure that it would be available before Jason flew out tonight. AAHHH!! We began to pray and ask God that if He wanted Jason to stay here with us that God would free up a ticket for him. About 2 hours later the agent called and said he had a confirmed seat for Jason, all 4 of us could come home together. PRAISE THE LORD!!! God is so good to us.
Now is the time to pray for these men to return from Egypt (earlier than expected would be nice) so we can get a signed birth certificate, meet with Alma the Consulate, get Emmert's Visa, and get everyone home. PLEASE PRAY!!!
God has answered so many prayers for these children and we know he will not desert us now! Just like yesterday with the plane tickets and today we were told about and shown Emmert's Passport, PTL it came in 2 days!! I saw it with my own eyes!!
God is moving... He is in control... All he does is good...All of the TIME!!!
More updates soon.---Jessica
