Monday July 30th

We took a cyclo ride today home from lunch. The girls loved it and laughed the entire ride home.

So what do you think, do they look like sisters?

What a wonderful day it has been! The weather was great, not too hot or humid. The girls were full of smiles and giggles. Oh and the embassy called "We have been approved"!!

Yes you read that right. They decided to process the girls as individuals and have approved them to receive a visa. We went to the embassy for our 2nd interview, which is cake. Basically you pay for the visa, then they do a quick review of the file and documents and you sign a form. They give you a piece of paper saying to come pack the next business day at 4 pm and pick up the visa.

All the flights are booked on wednesday or thursday, so we are unable to come home a few days early. So we will be coming home on our original schedule on Friday. We are just so blessed and happy to be coming home with the girls on time and together.

Thank you to everyone for there thoughts and prayers. We have felt them and your strength.

We are grateful to our Heavenly father for the many blessing he as given us, especially for our boys and now our girls.

I was organizing some more today before our embassy appointment. The suitcase handle broke and a piece of metal inside the suitcase cut my hand. After the appointment is it was still bleeding, so I went to the SOS international clinic to have it checked out. There was a metal sliver in it and I needed stitches. They did not have a local antiseptic so i opted for the steri strip just to hold it closed.

Please keep the Hallock family in your prayers, they are a family in our group that has not yet received approval, plus there little girl grace, who they have adopted here has been sick.