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Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart.

After almost a month straight of naps rarely longer than 30 or 40 minutes, our Bug has decided to take MULTIPLE decent-length naps today.

Add that to an inspiration to write our much-needed prayer letter, and you’ve got some divine intervention.

PRAISE JESUS FOR NAPS!!!!

The other night we turned in the passport application for our Little Bug. I know some people have questioned why we need a passport for a baby, I guess at some point in the past it wasn’t necessary, but it certainly is in our case. Passports for minors are good for 5 years, and wow do kids change fast in the first five years! Even a few months from now he’ll so look different. It will be funny when he’s five and still using the same passport with his baby picture in it.

So.. now we wait. Waiting seems to be the name of the game. Three to six week is the estimate, though the lady at the office told us that passports have been coming back on the quicker end of the range recently.

In addition to this major piece of paperwork, we’re also still waiting on our FBI records check to come back, which we sent off for back around Christmas. I don’t think there’s any way of checking up on it, either.. so it might be a while. Well, one thing at a time, but we are slowly chipping away at this visa process.

Continue to pray for God’s timing and our patience.

But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”