Hooray!!! Today Kagiso has an identity!
Well...actually an identity number, which in this country can feel one and the same.
A huge answer to prayer. And...Home Affairs was so nice to us today. I kept praying for God's favor--actually praying for it to be like a breeze to blow through the offices and through the hearts of those with the ability to help us. Well...we now have an abridged birth certificate and a completed passport application. Apparently this is a big deal.
Whew.
Tomorrow we were told we can pick up a temporary passport and--hopefully--an unabridged birth certificate. Isn't it funny how one needs a "certificate" to prove one's birth? Shouldn't mere existence be enough? ;)
Here is documentation of our wait...
And Kahee waiting to have his passport application (photo?) processed...
The woman at the camera kept having to remind him to LOOK at the camera and close his mouth. Ha! Isn't that a great reminder in life?
Today as I asked for the millionth time for help from Lorraine in Herman's office (she has the scanner, fax, etc.)...I remembered that last week at the peak of my frustration I sat at her desk and her daily devotional flip calendar was facing me with the thought for October 24th:
Lord, I know I can't hope to escape every unpleasant circumstance in this world. Just the same, I will trust in you, whatever comes...
Perfect. Maybe something YOU needed today too?
Well...actually an identity number, which in this country can feel one and the same.
A huge answer to prayer. And...Home Affairs was so nice to us today. I kept praying for God's favor--actually praying for it to be like a breeze to blow through the offices and through the hearts of those with the ability to help us. Well...we now have an abridged birth certificate and a completed passport application. Apparently this is a big deal.
Whew.
Tomorrow we were told we can pick up a temporary passport and--hopefully--an unabridged birth certificate. Isn't it funny how one needs a "certificate" to prove one's birth? Shouldn't mere existence be enough? ;)
Here is documentation of our wait...
Today as I asked for the millionth time for help from Lorraine in Herman's office (she has the scanner, fax, etc.)...I remembered that last week at the peak of my frustration I sat at her desk and her daily devotional flip calendar was facing me with the thought for October 24th:
Lord, I know I can't hope to escape every unpleasant circumstance in this world. Just the same, I will trust in you, whatever comes...
Perfect. Maybe something YOU needed today too?
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