Thailand here we come!

Well, after 3 attempts, we finally have gotten our Thai visas! Can't tell you how excited we are to get that out of the way. Now, we are simply counting down the days to our departure on August 02 and scrambling to get last minute details in order before we head out! We did have quite a time getting things ready for the visas though. First, we went down on Tuesday to DC (the Thai Embassy) in order to apply for our visas. The guy told us we could come by and pick them up the next day (Wednesday). Wow, what a great deal! So we excitedly traveled through DC the next day (about as much fun as a root canal without novicane) only to find out that one piece of information was missing. The guy kindly told us to come back the next day... ... ... I must confess I wasn't the most happy or rejoicing kind of person at that very moment. But at any rate, we traveled back to Glen Burnie and re-rescheduled a trip to DC for Thursday. Finally once we navigated through the endless jungle of one-way streets, we arrived at the Thai Embassy. With trembling hands I walked through the doors and asked for the visas. They simply handed them to me and said, "thank you". That was it... ... ... Three days, but hey, we have our visas now! So God really did work it out just fine, and all my worrying and fretting did nothing but populate my stomach with butterflies! Lesson learned, God really does know best... and hey, I now know the way to the Thai Embassy in DC by heart!

God still works in miracles

Leah here folks.
I'm sharing this blog with Drew to keep things less complicated. So I have a little story to tell.
You all know about the passport crisis in the usa that has people diving for the lines at the passport offices two days before they leave for vacation. I had tried to be oh so smart about it and applied for mine at least four months in advanced. Well July comes rolling around and I still don't have mine. Now I know like a good little girl should that I need to be relying on God for everything but it got really hard knowing my time was almost up. So I decided to take matters into my OWN hands. God really has a sense of good humor. We took the day off and went to Washington D.C. We walked strait to the Passport office got in line and even got to the doors to get in. But we where promptly told we could NOT get my passport and I would have to come back at a later time. So like in good girl fashion I burst into tears. I told drew I would be lying if I wasn't disappointed. I was leaving in three weeks and no passport. We sat down in front of the Library of congress and I just prayed to God. I knew I had been controlling and now I had nothing.

The next day I was still asleep when a loud banging came from the front door. I ran down stairs in my hideous PJs and ripped open the door. FED EX had a package for me! When I opened it and shook out the contents, out fell my brand new passport! See! God has a sense of humor! Isn't he wonderful?
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Kicking into Gear

I suppose an introductory paragraph would be in order. We are at about 2.5 weeks until we launch overseas to Thailand. 2 1/2 weeks to get everything in order, make sure everything is set before we move ourselves across the sea! It still seems rather surreal, as though I don't really realize how big this is. I feel so caught up in the excitment and activity of it all! God has been so very kind and good in all of the craziness, though. We have been praying that He will simply show us the next step along the way, and so He has. Psalm 119:105 says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path". God doesn't promise it to be a halogen lamp or x-ray vision that will show you what's around the next 12 turns, sometimes it is only enough to show you the next turn or even the next step. But He does promise, that light will always be there. The next 12 turns? Well, God knows what they will look like, and has already been there. Our part is to trust His direction and just take that next turn ahead of you!