15 Days and still waiting for approval

Rebekah has been quite the trooper heading in feet first on Monday night, June 22. She's been mama to Ama and Jojo since the day after she arrived. Much has been accomplished. Meeting our kids at Esther's foster home. Bonding with the kids. Meeting some of their birth family. Visiting the orphanage. Doing a little sightseeing and shopping. Spending quality time in the pool at the hotel. This week, the plan is to get the kids examined by a U.S. embassy endorsed physician to provide Ama and Jo a clean bill of health. Meanwhile, in the background behind all of this, the paperwork to approve the kids passports and visas are hopefully being completed. But for now...we wait. Mo was initially planning to leave for Ghana to join Rebekah back on June 30. But we received word that the passports/visas were not yet approved. So, Mo postponed his flight to leave tomorrow night, Tuesday, July 7. But today,we received word that we did not get our approval...again. Our inside source says that, in general, the bureauocratic machine has slowed because of President Obama's visit to Ghana this weekend. Once again, Mo re-scheduled his flight to leave for Ghana next Sunday, July 12. We're a little discouraged because we want our family to be united...soon! It's very hard to be, literally, a world apart. In spite of the emotional hardship, we choose to rely on God's word which sustains us. It says, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God" (Phil . 4:6). Please join us in prayer lifting up praises of thanksgiving and asking God to meet our needs. "God, we humbly ask for Your help in allowing Ama and Jo paperwork to get into the hands of the right people for a quick approval of their passport and visas. May this be Your will and for Your glory. Amen!"