Visa paperwork

Allison and Walker
Falancia Jiovenda Sivencia

We just received the paperwork from Haiti that we needed in order to complete the visa applications for the girls here in the US. I mailed off the applications today. It is wonderful to get that paperwork and to see that the girls are legally ours and now have our last name! It is also frustrating, because we just want to fly down there and bring them home! We are still hoping for a July timeline. The paperwork has now been in MOI awaiting their passports for about a month (still saying 3 1/2 months).

We just received an update on the girls and they are all healthy and doing well. Brian was a proud papa when he heard that Falancia traded her Easter "rocks" in for gummies (Brian's favorite candy). We heard about their Easter and Falancia's and Sivencia's birthdays. We also got the following story about Jiovenda, that I thought I would share...

Jiovenda decided that the walls were a much better writing pallet than paper earlier in the month, and she along with three others took their pencils to the white paint. They made quite a mess and were not even concerned when they were caught. Wanting to teach them that their actions have consequences Joyce marched them all out to the wall, gave them a pale, brushes, and soap and made them scrub off their mess. It backfired on her however as Jiovenda LOVED the chore! She was more than happy to scrub and gave orders to the others as to where they should scrub, to scrub harder, and how much soap to use. Though the chore did not seem like punishment to her she has not written on the walls again, so it did the trick.

So if you haven't already, start praying for me now...

Thanks for reading. Love you all!!!
In Him!
Allison