We are very glad to announce that after a few days of spending lots and lots of time on email, skype and at the business center, our updated paperwork that allows Anna to enter the United States as a special needs child has been approved and is at the US Consulate. Our friends over here and our amazing team over in the states have pushed through many bureaucratic logjams, taking two days to do what would ordinarily be done in two weeks. We will be leaving Guangzhou tomorrow early in the morning with Anna!
Special Thanks: To the amazing Mrs. Jerrie LeDoux (the lady with all the contacts) and Mrs. Ginger Stringer who covered the legwork in Baton Rouge for us all the way to the end - we could not have done it without you! To Mrs. Paula Davis, our social worker, thank you for going above and beyond and doing what it took to get Anna home! To Pairrain and Mr. Vijaya (VJ) Joshi for helping us know more on the medical side, thank you so much! To all of our new and old friends at Senator Vitter's, Congressman Cassidy's and Senator Landrieu's offices- Amanda Swanner, Brian McNabb, Lynn Hopper, and Shannon Langlois- we could not have broken this logjam without you! To churches, friends and family across the nation who continued to support us throughout the entire week, including First Presbyterian and Bethany World Prayer Center in Baton Rouge, thank you for keeping us in your prayers. And, finally, to my dear, dear friend and your blog editor, Mrs. Kevin Roddy, for keeping you updated and supporting our family in every way possible. Thank you to all these amazing friends and all their hard work and support! It took two United States Senators, one United States Congressman, lots of amazing friends, roughly 200 emails and thousands of prayers, but the logjam has finally been broken!
Little Anna is coming home!
AMEN, AMEN, THANK YOU JESUS! =) The Beary family is rejoicing with you!
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Glory be to God! Prayers have been answered. We have been waiting and waiting for some news and to have this GREAT news is just a blessing! We will see you all next week! Hugs and kisses to everyone!
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ReplyDelete...I was trying to post this not as a comment from Stephen (thus the deleted one above), but I guess he is the only one with a Google account! Anyway... Praise the Lord, this is such good news to wake up to!!! We are rejoicing in His faithfulness and looking forward to seeing you SIX soon! Much love and hugs for all, Julie and family
ReplyDeletePraise God from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
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I love the pictures! I can't wait to see ALL of you!
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