Tuesday July 31st

we have our passports with visa's glued inside. It is official, we can leave the country!

What a relief it is to know that everything is finalized and we can leave and bring the girls home with us.

We had another lazy day. Sarah had a rough night, she was not feeling well. By lunch time she was doing better.

So we worked on packing all day. I am not sure how we are going to get it all home. We have bought too many things, so many great buys.

We have more great news, the last family in our group got there approval today and had there 2nd interview. They get there visa for grace tomorrow, they leave on the same flight as us on friday. We are all ready to go home and bring our new children with us.

What an amazing journey it has been. One full of struggles, joy, hearache, miracles and one that has taught us faith and that we are not alone. We have been blessed with supportive family and friends. We have learned the power of prayer, how to exercise and rely on our faith, that our testimony's are priceless and that Heavenly Father has a plan for us all, one that we may not understand but is perfect in the end.

We will miss Viet Nam when we leave, it has given us two amazing little girls, but we are grateful to live in America. What an amazing world has been creative. People are the same everywhere, just because we are americans does not make us better or the color of our skin. We are all the same. Viet Nam is beautiful, the people love the children and work so hard for so little. They are in survival mode. If only all the people in the world worked so hard, or would share with those that are not so well off. I hope someday to bring the girls back here to see this country for what is really is, where they came from and who they are.

We will spend the next two days learning all that we can about Viet Nam so that we can share with the girls what a wonderful time we had, and how much we have enjoyed it here. Plus we want to share with everyone at home a little peace of heaven we have found.