Blessed Hope

We are hoping that this 4th of July will be our best ever!  I am in the process of changing Nate and James' return flight to Wednesday, which would have them home on Thursday.  We got the news we needed today to keep this process moving.  There continue to be no guarantees, but there is a great amount of hope from Nate, Wayne, Shannon and the orphanage staff.  

There will be meetings with various people on Monday and Tuesday.  We should know by the end of Tuesday what the final word will be about the visa.

Nate has James pretty much full time now.  He has spent the last two nights with Nate at the guesthouse and they continue to be more comfortable with each other.  Yesterday, Nate spent quite a while pushing James in his stroller up and down the beach.  James loved it and pointed to go outside for more when Nate brought him back in the house. 

Nate said James can stand and can kind of walk, but really doesn't like to.  He doesn't say many words, but uses lots of hand motions to communicate what he wants.  He will lift up his shirt and expose his feeding tube when he is hungry, I think that is sooo cute!!

We have a bit of a long weekend ahead of us.  Nothing will happen in the visa process until Monday, but I am hoping that Nate and James will enjoy a couple days of "down time" to just enjoy Liberia together.

Thank you all for your encouraging words and texts.  We will continue to look to our eternal blessed hope, our God and Savior,  Jesus Christ.  Some who read this may not share in that blessed hope and may discount it as foolishness, but I have never felt more confident in Him in my life.  My confidence and belief in God doesn't make him more powerful, but through the Holy Spirit, it makes me more powerful.  Thank you Jesus.