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Today Sarah got a visa to stay in Germany until September. I remember being at the German Embassy in Guangzhou China almost 2 1/2 months ago. The sympathetic German official said she was sorry but she could not give Sarah a visa. I felt sick in my stomach. I knew I would need to fly alone with Sarah first to Germany, then after a 4 hour layover in Frankfurt, on to Portland, Oregon. It would be 24 hours on the airplane, and at that point Sarah would not even let me take her to the toilet or hold her hand. We arrived in Frankfurt, after a nightmare flight and Sarah was so traumatised the kind officials at the airport gave me 4 weeks. Then the other officials were saying they could not grant us more time. Now, we have until the end of September. What was impossible was made possible. Please pray with us on behalf of Philip. I do not see any answer, but I am so grateful God can still work out every detail. I believe home schooling would be the very best thing for Philip, or a small class with only 6 students. I can not see an answer...but then school does not start until September 10TH, so I guess we have some time!


Oh, the boys had a sports day at school today. It was a jog-a-thon to raise money for children's cancer research. Most of the kids ran around the track 6 times, some even made it around the track 9 times but Thomas ran 12 times around the track (12km or 7.4miles)in the hour. He had the best distance in the school! Philip also did really well! Thomas is our runner...and we sponsored him...killer!!!

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Jill W said…
I am so glad to hear about Sarah's visa. Oh, the power of prayer! And congrats to Thomas! He sounds like a real speed demon. Maybe we'll see him in the olympics some day.
8:20 PM
nate and lissa said…
Hi Amy!
Good to hear from you! Yes our camp offers a week long camp for teenagers. It mostly deals with challenge course activites. The kids get to stay in tents up in the forrest and do camp fires and have cabin times. I'm sure she would love it! It's a nice place and she would fit right in!
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Love,
Lissa
7:02 AM
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