and all paperwork

is now in the hands of the Canadian Embassy in Haiti! Ronel finally got to drop off the paperwork on Monday as last Thursday when he tried to get to the embassy, he got stuck in a "blokis" (road block) and didn't get to the embassy during the ONE HOUR time slot that they have (and only 2 days a week!) for dropping off documents!

Ronel said that the person he saw told him nothing other than they would contact him if they needed anything else.

I'm hoping we won't hear anything of that sort but that hopefully we will get some progress on our file!

Merry Christmas to you all!

Going to the embassy...

Tomorrow morning (EARLY) Ronel will be heading into Port au Prince to get the last piece of paperwork that the embassy asked for and then he will be heading to the embassy to drop it all off. If he can't get the paperwork in time, he will be staying in Port until Thursday when he can again go to the embassy (they have specific days & times for doing certain things)

Please pray that everything will go well and that he can drop off the paperwork Monday and not have to spend the week in Port au Prince. He has not been feeling well for the past couple of weeks (back pains) and is just starting to feel better and I would much rather he be able to spend the week at home resting rather than in Port trying to get into the embassy to drop off our paperwork!! Also please be praying that this will be all the paperwork they require and that the rest of the process will go quickly!! Please be continuing to pray that they won't require Ronel to redo his medical (it should have expired on November 5th, but they didn't mention him having to redo it in the letter they sent us) Not having to redo it would save us a good chunk of money as well as time!!!

I let you know how it went as soon as I hear from Ronel!

clarity...

Okay - so going over my past posts I realized that I never said where I was moving and so I thought I would explain my new living arrangement!

I have moved in with good friends of mine -- they are like family to me. There are 5 of us in the house (soon to be 6!) There are Eli & Terri along with their 8 month old son Willem (and they are expecting their second son in April), Terri's mom, Lynnette and myself. It is great living here (especially since I spent a lot of time here anyways!!) and is a total blessing!

Terri, Eli & I also work together -- (just to keep it clear!)

finally settling in

Whew --- after a long day of work, most of my bedroom is now unpacked! I only have 6 Rubbermaid bins left to go through and sort into however I decide to store the stuff in there that I end up keeping. (These are the boxes I didn't go through and sort & junk before I moved... I just ran out of time) I am really liking my set up and am thinking about painting my room -- I want one accent wall that is a dark chocolate colour and then the rest of the walls would be a light green colour (maybe like a light olive-y green??) with most of the accents in the room being white. I went to Ikea on Friday night and purchased 2 adorable bedside tables which are white, a new opaque glass table lamp for my bedside table and a new light cover for the main light as it is currently just a plain bulb. Last weekend I got my computer set up and then we got the internet cord down from upstairs (through my ceiling!) into my bedroom. Terri & I had already started to organize the craft room the same weekend that I moved in (We knew our priorities!) and still have a little bit to do before that is completely finished.

It is nice to have my room settled into before Christmas!