Our God is an Awesome God!!!

It's been interesting how Billy and I handle this wait differently. Billy evidently must busy himself: tidying, organizing, etc.  I, on the otherhand, tend to want to sleep until we know something. I've felt I've had no real direction so I have no real motivation to do... well... anything. Last night Billy and I couldn't sleep and chatted awhile. Guess he could tell I was getting tired so he decided to read. Around 2am he came in with news that Jason, our case manager, had emailed that Graham did not qualify for ORRs. This was good news because it meant he would not incure the costs associated with that service. Yay! A positive email! Billy came on to bed. Seven am came way too early after a very sleepless night so after Billy ran the kids up to school, he let me sleep in. At 9:30am he came in, flicked on the light and set his laptop down on the bed next to me. I focused my eyes on the screen and saw it was another email from Jason. We had been "approved in principle"!!!!  WE ARE GOING TO NEW ZEALAND!!!!
The phone calls, texts and posting began. If I had had a mountaintop to stand on to shout to the world, I would have. The weight(wait) of  the world had been lifted... but now the scrambling begins. Billy had to renew his passport (yes, he should have done this by now!). He went to our congressman's office to have it expedited like they had done Graham's. We also withdrew Mikaylie from school since we will be leaving before the end of the trimester. The other major thing on our "to do" list is sell the items we have left to sel or couldn't fit into the container. Let us know if you need a grill, a computer armoire, a desk, a minivan, a convertible, horsetrailer, etc...
I emailed our attorney, Linda, in New Plymouth this morning to give her the good news. The contract on our house there had expired over a week ago.  The venders elected not to renew and had put the house back on the market. I wanted Linda to know asap we had been cleared and are ready to proceed on the purchase of the house. She emailed me back and I could feel her genuine excitement for us. She told me that her assistant had received my email before she had gotten in and had printed it very large and had it laying on her desk when she arrived. She said everyone in her office that was familiar with our plight were so excited for us and that my email had made her day! Wow! What welcome and compassion we feel. We met her only once but she has been with us through the ups and downs and celebrates with us.
Two days after the passing of Billy's mom we get the green light from INZ. We have wondered why God had let her suffer for so long before He granted her ultimate healing. We can see now that her husband needed this time to come to grips with her condition and her inevitable passing. This man has gone from not being able to  make himself a sandwich to making his wife's final arrangements. God definitely has perfect timing.
We are preparing to leave Kentucky on February 5th-ish. We'll spend a few days in Louisiana/Mississippi before flying to Los Angeles. We'll spend another few days there then fly to Auckland and then New Plymouth, arriving around February 15th-ish.
Please continue to pray for us. This is truly just the beginning. Billy had commented several times on how we've not fought throughout this agonizing wait. Today, however, as we prioritize things differently, we began to bicker a little. Satan is not done trying to under mind God's will and our desire to obey. He will try to sabotage us any way he can. Please pray that we can stand strong against him and listen only to the One who set the stars in the sky.