DENIED US VISA!!

Dear Family and Friends,
Well, we were quite elated on the 21st of November when the Thai Child Adoption Board approved our adoption! Thank the Lord for this victory!! FINALLY!! They even wrote us a letter for Thai Immigration for when Wayne left the country with him and they also wrote a letter to the US consulate stating that his adoption was approved, they agreed to let him go to the US for the 6 month post placement reports, and they also stated the birth parents had signed for him to be adopted.

Wayne had an appointment with the US Consulate on Dec. 3rd but Jedidiah's visa was turned down because they said we needed a Thai Court document showing Legal Guardianship, what we had was not enough!  So we were VERY discouraged, not knowing what to do. Bonnie Sue was due to return to the US on Dec. 6th. However, God intervened and put us in touch with a Christian Thai lawyer, whom we knew, but did not know he was involved in adoption issues. Thanks to Pastor Jonathan Vickers, actually his wife, Judy (!), she called Lawyer Joey and he agreed to see us right away. He spent the next day with us and we gathered documents and photos for him. He had to file the papers the very next day in order to get an appointment for the Court interview. When he went to the office there the following day, everyone had left!! (this was a Friday). However, the very man he needed to see had forgotten something and returned for it. He was able to get us an appointment for next week, Dec. 12th, it was the LAST appointment available until February!! So the Lord really performed a miracle! We are rejoicing so much in that! Also, since Bonnie Sue had to cancel her flight back to the US, she also had to designate a new return date. That was before the court interview appointment was made. So the Lord blessed in that too so that she did not have to cancel twice!! I (Bonnie Sue) have to return to Thailand on Feb. 6th for the Court Proceedings to obtain the Legal Guardianship. Bonnie Sue returns to the US Dec. 17th. Wayne and Jedidiah will NOT be home for Christmas this year, but hopefully, prayerfully, by February!

 Please PRAY that this Legal Guardianship will satisfy the US Consulate and they will issue a visa for Jedidiah, pray for our finances as we were not expecting all these new expenses (change airline flight, Thai lawyer for guardianship, my return flight in February and Wayne and Jedidiah's return flights in February. We know GOD IS ABLE and always causes us to triumph in Christ Jesus!!

THANK YOU so very much for all the prayers and encouragement you have sent our way!

Blessings,

Bonnie Sue, Wayne, Jedidiah and the "tribe"

Jedidiah with white tiger!

HOORAY JESUS!! WE HAVE AN INTERVIEW!

Dear All,

FINALLY! We have an interview on the 21st with the Adoption Board in Bangkok! I will be leaving for Chiang Mai, Thailand, on the 14th and it will be SO WONDERFUL to see my little man and big man after more than TWO YEARS! We will travel from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (about 1,000 miles) the day before the interview. Pray for traveling mercies and for everything to go well with the meeting. Pray especially that the Board will waive the requirement for the 6 month post-placement visits to be done in Thailand and allow them to be done in the U.S.  This will enable us to get Jedidiah a visa for the U.S., and just maybe, he and Wayne will make it by Christmas! Wow, that will be SOME CELEBRATION! Thank you for all your prayers and support. Please continue, especially the prayers!

Blessings and very grateful hearts,
Bonnie Sue and Wayne

GETTING CLOSER!

The Thai social worker called Wayne this afternoon, Thai time, and asked more questions. They were easily answered, Then, Wayne asked her "when" did she think the Adoption Board would review our case. She said "maybe this week"!!! That is VERY good news! After the review, then they will schedule us for an interview. I DO have to go to Thailand for the interview in Bangkok and appear before the Adoption Board as does Wayne and Jedidiah. 

PRAY THAT:

1. The Board WILL review our case this week and schedule the interview quickly and waive the post-placement visits in Thailand and allow them to be done in the U.S.;
2. That all the funds needed for my $1,600 round-trip ticket to Thailand be supplied (I have been able to save about $1,000) as well as the funds need for our trip from Chiang Mai to Bangkok for the interview;
3. Pray that Jedidiah's visa to the U.S. is approved quickly once the Adoption Board okays everything.

I think it just might be a "very Merry Christmas" this year!!!

Praising God for all things, answers to prayer,  and the miracles He blesses us with,

Wayne and Bonnie Sue & "tribe" 

MORE PRAISE!

The social worker did come and do a home visit. She requested that Wayne find the birthmother as she could not, and for us to find an adoption agency that was licensed to do international adoption in Hague Treaty countries. She said that if we could get a statement from them saying they could do the six-month post placement visits, then the Adoption Committee might consider waiving the requirement of the visits being done in Thailand. Otherwise, I may have to return to Thailand for six months for the visits which would be a real hardship on our family. 

Wayne phoned me Friday evening and said that the birthmom had signed the consent forms in front of the social worker. (which we thought was done a couple years ago!) Praise the Lord for that! So now we just have to find an adoption agency here in Texas that is qualified and willing to do these post-placement reports AND pray that the Adoption Committee will allow this so that I do not have to return to Thailand for 6 months. 

God answers prayer!! 

Bonnie Sue and Wayne

GOOD NEWS!

Evidently, things are starting to move! Our social worker phoned Wayne and said she is coming for a home visit tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.! Pray that she will see everything in a positive light and that she will see that he is healthy, well cared for, and loved completely!!

Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Romans 8:36-38

2 Corinthians 2:14

New King James Version (NKJV)

¹⁴ Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

PRAISE JESUS!

Overdue Update

Well, we are STILL waiting. We have no response as yet from the letters we wrote the King and the Princess of Thailand. Our attorney here in the States found an attorney in Bangkok and referred us to him. He, in turn, referred us to a couple who "assisted" him on cases similar to ours. We contacted them and we have not had any results or much communication from them either. We are praying about another option. Keep you posted, but don't hold your breath!!

We continue to trust in the One who does the impossible and makes miracles happen.

Bonnie Sue & Wayne