Oh Canada...

Hello. It is Wednesday evening. No passport yet and it is still up in the air on how confident we are in getting it by the end of tomorrow as promissed. We were very disappointed yesterday and this morning was no better. We went to the American Embassy and the guards who escorted us to the waiting area took our appointment letter and asked us to have a seat. After a while Amanda and I started thinking... how would they even know we were here? The letter that they took did not have our name on it and we did not give them any name or identification. So Amanda insisted that they need to take our name. They said that our name would be called and we again attempted to explain that there was no name given to call. Finally, Amanda just went up to one of the windows and asked one of the Americans on the ther side of the glass and they told us what to do. Once we were able to speak with a person they said we must come back with the passport in order to continue the process. Essentially we are no further than we were before though we did get to sit in a well air conditioned waiting room for a few hours. So the rest of the day was much better. We had a Christmas party at the orphanage and it was great. I got to stand in front of the bar-b-que for an hour and play games with the kids. It was good to have some slightly normal food and to just play with kids as well as mingle with the staff. We ave noticed though that Kathryn and Isaac are adjusting well to us and thus adjusting out of the orphanage in a way. They don't want to go there as much and when we get in the taxi to go Kathryn always asks if we are going away now (meaning to see Lukas and Evalin). They want to put on their winter clothes so bad that we had to put them away out of sight. Anyhow, after the party we went back to the GILBT (Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation) Guest house where the sweet little Canadian lady running it had arranged for us to move into a bigger place. We now have two bedrooms, 4 single beds, and our own kitchen, dining and living area. We are still not overly comfortable but it is a step up. In addition the same ladies husband, who is Ghanaian, went down to the Ghana passport office and is trying to get someone to move on it. He knows people and got an appointment with the director of the office tomorrow morning at 9am (please pray for that). This couple has made our day and we are very greatful for them even if he is not able to make things move any faster. It is amazing that in a place where not many seem willing to help there are a few who go way beyond what we would ever ask for. At this point the kids are asleep, I smell like flamed sausages and chicken, and yes I have not broken my continuous sweating streak. That is unless you count showers where I am still wet and thus feel that counts as well since there is not the scientific aparatuses in Ghana to tell whether I am sweating in the shower or not. We are chosing to trust God a this point because we really can't see where we are going and we don't even know what we are to do some times. Atleast for now we feel we have a place to wait things out. Thank you for your prayers.