PRAISE Him!


PRAISE HIM from whom all blessings flow!
PRAISE Him all creatures big and small!
PRAISE Him above ye Heavenly hosts!
PRAISE FATHER, SON, & HOLY GHOST!


PLEASE join us in PRAISING!!!
They have Ella's PASSPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


YEP, you did read that right :)
Honestly, my heart still can't believe it!!!

THANK YOU Jesus for this next miraclous step!!! THANK YOU for everyone YOU USED to perform this MIRACLE - Romana, Bernard, & Carrie ... ALL of who have worked endlessly on our behalf & Ella's behalf in getting the passport!

YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
We have Ella's passport!
Still can't believe it :)

I wish I could tell you that we have our flight booked and all of that done already :) We are continuing to trust God's PERFECT TIME!!!

There are a few more things we would sooooooooooooooooooo APPRECIATE your continual prayers for!!! I should say THANK YOU HUGELY for ALL of everyone's prayers on behalf of Ella and her passport!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! What a JOY to watch God work and do HIS THING through all of our prayers! AWESOME!!!

In order to bring Ella home in April, the week of Easter (if this week does not work - Ella will not be home until May) ... we need God to:
#1. Provide a US Consulate appointment for that week
#2. For the US Consulate to be gracious in issuing the visa on Thursday of that week (instead of their regular Friday because Friday is GOOD FRIDAY)
#3. We need the US Consulate to be gracious with a certain piece of paperwork!!!

No big deal :) God CAN DO ANYTHING and we are going to continue to TRUST HIM, PRAISE HIM, and TRUST HIS TIME!!!!!!!!!!

We are also still praying through Sam coming on this trip!!!! We are trusting God to make this clear! Such a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE decision!!!

Comments

Anonymous said…
WOW!!! Huge congrats Maria and Sam!!!!! I am so excited to meet my little niece Ella!! AND, she will be there when I come! Yippie! :)

Love, beinta
Carmen said…
Maria - great news! Welcome little Ella! Hope both you and Sam will be able to go. Blessings all around!
Carmen
Lisa Michele said…
Thank you Jesus! Thank you Jesus! Thank you Jesus! We serve such an awesome God! We will continue to lift you up in prayer as all of the details get worked out! Many Blessings to you and your family!
Kristin said…
AMEN!!!! I am so excited that you have her passport and can now take a deep breath to plan the last part of the process!YIPEE!!!!This is so wonderful and I am cheering over here across the water from you!!!We will pray for a visa appt. ASAP! Can they go and apply for it without you if you sign a power of attorney? Or do you really want to be there for it?
Carrie said…
Congratulations!!! We are so happy for you all! We'll be awaiting news of your travel, and hoping that Sam can make the trip too! Can't wait to meet Ella...

Love,
Carrie
Shonni said…
YEA...I have been watching your walk because I knew one way or another we were going to get to be witnesses to our LORD GOD ALMIGHTY who is a defender of the weak...Praise the LORD!
Momto16 said…
Yippee!!! What a blessing to have the passport! :)
Continued prayers for travel plans and specific requests to work out ASAP.
Blessings,
Sarah
Jen said…
Woo Hoo! I am so happy for you! What a wait! I am praying that all works out so she can come home the week of Easter... what fabulous news!

Jennine
Heidi said…
We serve an AWESOME God!
Thank you Lord for all You have done to bring Sam & Maria and their children to this point. Thank you for a family who truly LOVES the Lord. We trust and thank God for the remaining arrangements.
Looking forward to see photos of Ella with her sisters & brothers.
Lots of love
Heidi,George & girls
Awo said…
God is So good and SO worthy to be praised!!!!
Awo
Rebecca said…
Yay Maria! We had this same Easter week issue with Ruthie. The US Embassy did end up issuing an earlier visa and we flew home Good Friday.
Still singing HIS praises!
Nikki said…
Aww, that is wonderful!

Nikki
www.madebynikki.blogspot.com