good morning (day 13)

For most reading this your day had just begun, as for me we are moving toward the end of the day. This mornings meeting at the consulate was huge! They needed to establish if Enock could be classified an orphan under US guidelines. To do that they needed to interview the biological parents individually. That happened at 9:45am DRC and we were done by 10am. I had a chance to speak with Danielle who is the adoption coordinator for the consulate. She was very encouraging and told me not to worry about the visa, that they just need time to do their process. She told me the visa would be issued next Friday at the earliest, so I am going to believe that God can make that happen and I have changed our tickets(again) to depart on the 16th. Every change costs money but the biggest expense to change was our Delta flight from Washington DC home. It ends up being cheaper to cancel the ticket and book a new one and I will do that once I have Enock's visa. Now we are back to the waiting game. I have decided that I am going back to work from here. I have email, internet, ipad, my bible, paper and my brain, so I have everything I need. I need to be productive and and get my eyes off the clock. The Schwartzs', have been so gracious to let us stay as long as we need. Great people! Barry has run over 40 marathons and countless ultra marathons. He has also done a 100 mile run that started in Lake Tahoe! He normally runs from Salvation Army Headquarters in Kinshasa home, very cool. Last night we stayed up and talked about the struggle with the why questions when it comes to God then finished off the evening watching CSI NY. Enock is drawing right now, Joanna brought him a sketch pad and colored pencils and he spends time here and there drawing. When I am done here, we are going to spend some time working on the French/English flash cards. Thanks for your prayers, please continue, Grace & Peace, Michael & Enock Thanks: BL, PP & KG your were a big help yesterday. Joanna - Great talking great talking to you this morning. Amazing how much better I feel after talking to by best friend. Give the kids a lov'n for me and make sure the dogs don't forget me. My love to you!