On our way back to Kenya

Our time in the States is over. Now we're heading back to our wonderful home in Kenya. With three boys now, we've got lots of luggage and an interesting trip ahead of us. Krista is sitting by herself the first flight in the bulkhead with a baby cot. The second flight she's sitting across the aisle from us. So both flights I get to care for the two older boys by myself again. Krista will take care of Isaiah, bless her heart. Pray for journey mercies for us all!

Update on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 3:27PM by Shauen & Krista

We have all arrived safely back at our home in Nairobi - praise the Lord! Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and support. God is good, all the time. 

Can we take our baby home?

While it has been CONSIDERABLY easier to manage insurance and paperwork here in the USA, we still do need to go a few extra steps to get Isaiah home to Kenya with us. We couldn't rush anything so we just had to wait... A few weeks after the birth we received the notification that his birth certificate could be picked up at the county records office. Check. Then a couple weeks later we received his Social Security Card in the mail. Check. Now to set an appointment to apply in-person in Chicago for a rush passport for the child who is already booked to fly back to Kenya on Tuesday, December 31st... First available appointment in Chicago? Friday, December 27th. Remarkably enough, this is still only a fraction as stressful as every single other passport process we've gone through for our boys. So we were off to Chicago a few days before we fly, apply in person for a rush passport (turns out we didn't need the appointment anyway), wait a few hours, pick up the passport, and drive back up to Wisconsin. Check. Looks like we'll all get to go home after all! 

Amazing Facebook Christmas Sketch

My good friend Rev. Billy Brath (http://www.revcreative.org/) shared this with me. I'm pretty emotional on Holy Days, and this made me cry several times. It's very, very good. I'm sorry I can't embed it:

http://skitguys.com/videos/item/social-network-christmas

Merry Christmas to you from the Trump Family.

-Shauen