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So we found out today that some of the good work that we did last week was a waste of time. What a shock, I know I am stunned that we would have actually wasted our time on something here! Last week we spent hours at a local chairman's office to get letters we needed proving residency and orphan status of the boys. These letters were required in order to get official death certificates printed up, a US Embassy requirement. Births and deaths are rarely registered here as a rule. Today we received a call from our lawyer. When they requested the death certificates they were told the letters weren't done quite right and also there's another step required where we need to have the papers registered at the town office. Seems simple enough if you live in the US. We found the chairman in his office and he was his pleasure to help us again. He knows the boys and their families and said he was once like they were and had no one to help him and if could help us in any other way to just let him know. So that was great. The trouble is that no one has had power all day. As in not one store in town had power. Try to imagine that and then you MAY realize how life is here and why no one is in a hurry. Things literally cannot be accomplished and there's nothing you can do about it. Our lawyer wanted us to drive all the way into the city to his office and pick up the forms but I asked if he could scan and email them which he did. There was no point to that however since we can't print them out. There is a print shop about 10 steps outside our gate but without power it is just a tease. How does anything get done here you may ask...we ask that a lot too. the answer is very slowly if at all.
SIGH
The woman we are staying with has friends staying here as well. They are staying inside the house (as opposed to we who are outside in a little apartment) and are really great people like our hostess is. They left their life in England for a 6mo. commitment to come and support her work. We a tired and discouraged but are not giving up.
I have pix of the boys but am having trouble w/the internet so I will be thankful I can even do this much and call it a day. It is nice to know you are there and that you care about us so far away from home.
We can think of little else but your journey. Dad and I have had adventures that grew us toward the All-Sufficient One. It is exciting to hear that same excited,yet frustrating message coming from you. What an adventure! What a great eye opening experience. You will be grateful to have had this experience to look back on. Our love for your little family continues to swell. Molly is concerned that she does not know who to be an aunt. To the point of near tears. I told her she is an aunt and the how just happens. No one is going to leave you alone and go to the store etc. You'll just be there and will read to them play wioth them and we'll all be close by.
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hey rachel, it seems like you've been having a crazy time. i've been reading along but haven't commented yet. it's been pretty busy here, i found a new job and things are looking up, but my sleep schedule is very different from what it used to be. you should write a book about your experiences in uganda once everything calms down and works itself out. i'm super excited for you and also feeling your pain and frustration along the way. seems like a wild ride that will make a great story after it's all over and it's not so insane. hope you're spirits are being lifted over there and that things start to pick up so you can come home with your boys. love you all lots and lots.
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Lookin' for our 4Brimer fix today. Hope you slept well and are out and about getting those papers into the right hands. Looking for news about passports being stamped etc. Which seems like a dream. But He is the God who makes things happen and He is with you. I think physical labor pangs are better than this, but at least your husband is feeling each of these pangs with you. xoxoxoxoxoxox Grammy Proch. I know Grammy has that title, I don't know what to call me ;}
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