Glory Days!

Glory days... as in glory to God for some really wonderful days this week!

Monday we had Sam's IOM appointment to read his TB test, do a physical and some other general things (height, weight, etc.) It went very well, and the doctor doing the medical thought Sam was a sweet boy, so that was fun for us to share him with her for a bit!

Tuesday we went to a pool with some dear, new friends that we met here in Uganda, and (though Tony and I got burnt by the bright, equator sun) we had a fantastic time, plus Sam had his first swimming experience! He basically treated the whole pool as a lazy river, and went belly-up on his inner-tube all day! We really enjoyed ourselves, especially because we were all done with IOM, and could now just relax and wait on news from the Embassy!

Yesterday (Wednesday) we received awesome news: We have an Embassy appointment next week! Sam's medical papers made it to the Embassy quickly and we are able to get in to interview for his visa! This means that we very (very) likely will be back in time for Mother's Day! This is such a huge answer to prayer! Thank you all for joining with us as we lifted that timing up to God, and please continue to do so, as we don't have the visa just yet, and still long to be home in time for Mother's Day!

Today was Sam's birthday, and man, did we celebrate! We had a delicious chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream(y) with 25 wonderful friends! We were so blessed my the many amazing people who showed up to have cake, ice cream(y) and lemonade, and celebrate our son's special day, of course!

Tomorrow is the last day that we plan to go to a market, so friends, if you still would like to donate to our GoFundMe fundraiser, today is the day! (That isn't to say we couldn't have someone pick us up some more of the 'incentives' but they will definitely be delayed!) So please donate today if you want a sweet hand-rolled paper bead necklace or an African stuffed animal! And hey, in case you didn't notice, if you donate just $25, you hit the first 'incentive' mark, and get to be one of the first to see Sam's picture! You will get his photo about a week before it will hit social media, so if you are dying to take a look at my cutie pie son's face, you get 'first dibs' if you donate $25 or more before we return home! ... Aren't you dying to know what is behind the heart in all my photos of Sam?! It's just $25 to see that face a week sooner! (Yes, a shameless plug... I want to get this sweet boy home!)

So glory to God for these days that have been obviously filled with His glory! We count ourselves more than blessed to not only be on the 'final lap' in this adoption, but that we get to call Sam our son everyday! So many blessings, so much glory!

"We have sufferings now, but these are nothing compared to the great glory that will be given to us." Romans 8:18