We Have a Consulate Appointment!!

Linny Saunders112 Comments
Oh Yippee Jesus, Yippee Jesus!!!
A Consulate Appointment has been secured for us –
Monday December 21st, 2009 at 9:30am
Miss Jubilee will indeed be with us for Christmas and her 8th birthday!!!
And what is playing in the background as I type this?
Days of Elijah/Year of Jubilee (of course!)
There’s no God like Jehovah….
It’s the Year of Jubilee!!!
Thank you all for praying (please don’t stop) –
you guys are awesome!
Working on getting flights and praying we can fly in Christmas Eve…(have I mentioned we live in the mountains where it snows lots usually around Christmas – just one more thing to pray about)…..
**Please Lord Jesus – Break Our Hearts
with the Things that Break Your Heart…**

112 thoughts on “We Have a Consulate Appointment!!”

  2. Praise JESUS!!!!!
    Oh Linny, we have prayed and he has answered!
    We leave on Friday and will be in Guangzhou until the 19th. We are staying at the Victory and hope that we can meet you. I have followed your blog for sometime now and you have truly inspired my walk with the Lord. Thank you.
    April Holm

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  4. I am thanking God right now for answered prayers. Tears of joy in my eyes!
    Thank you for the message on our blog. We updated it last night. Emily said," can we fly there?" She is ready to meet Jubilee right now. I, of course, told her Jubilee isn't home yet. SHE WILL BE!
    What a wonderful Christmas present.
    Christy

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  5. I am over the moon for Jubilee. I can't wait till rachel gets home from school to tell her. I know we started our our journey to these girls about the same time and we just celebreated 1 year home with Rachel so I know how hard this has been for you. Praise God she will be with her family for Christmas. I can see a stocking with her name hung at your house as i type! Kathy

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  6. THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo praising God with you right now, I am so stinking excited!!! I wish I could go with you because it's just not going to cut it sitting back here waiting to hear all the details!! 😉 Thank you God!!!

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  7. Praise God! This is wonderful news….You remain in my prayers for all going well and quickly with bringing Jubilee home. Prayers for being home for Christmas and for safe travel.
    Praise the Lord our miracle-making God!!

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  12. OUR GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD! WOW Linny I am so excited for you and your family and sweet Jubilee! I can't wait to "see" you meet her, snuggle her and bring her home. Keep us posted! When will you fly out? Oh I cannot wait! Prayers for all things to go the way they are planned to go!

    Love to all of you

    Faye Verquer

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  15. wow oh wow oh wow!!
    so excited for you and so thankful that our God rocks in amazing ways.
    imagine. jubilee in her momma's arms on christmas. wow oh wow oh wow!!!

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  16. AMAZING!!! Praising God for His Provision! Chill bumps cover me as I read this! And Jubilee's face is so beautiful–I love seeing her sweet pictures!! They melt my heart! WOW!!!!

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  25. Wow, God is so good and faithful! YOUR DAUGHTER will be in your arms soon! You're going to be leaving very, very soon, and I can't wait to finally see you united. It truly IS the year of Jubilee!
    Love, Barb

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  29. Linny and Dw,

    We are so thrilled for you and your sweet Jubilee! May God continue to bless and sustain you through this last leg of your journey. We will keep praying!

    Hugs,

    Ann Marie

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  30. Well Miss Linny, our CA is 12/21 too at 10am – just after you. I sure hope we swear in with the same group – that part always brings tears to my eyes!! God is an awesome, miracle working God – no doubt about it!! I so want to meet up with you in GZ – we will be there 17th evening with medicals on Friday 18th … plenty of time over the weekend to enjoy a lunch or dinner together. We will be staying at the Shifu – just two blocks past the footbridge in front of the Cow and Bridge restaurant – a dear man is giving us points to help with cost at this Holiday Inn. I will be the lady with a HUGE smile, a 14yr old new son and a teeny tiny new daughter of 10 (she is a dwarf and stands only 3ft tall). I will be looking for you!! Praising Him together with you!

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  32. oh my goodness Linny, oh my! SO STINKIN' HAPPY FOR ALL OF YOU!!!!

    Wish we were going to, I'd love to be able to spend some more time with Alison and Susan. Alison stayed w/ us when she was here a few years ago and has THE sweetest heart for the Lord. Amazing women, both of them!

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  36. WOO HOO!!!! We've been praying for Jubilee everytime we pray for our future twins. We are praising God with you right now! His love is so amazing and we are so undeserving! THANK YOU LORD!!!!

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  37. YIPPEE JESUS!!!

    Lord thank you for a Consulate appointment before Christmas! Thank you that Jubilee Promise will celebrate her birthday surround by a family. Her family! Father, please work out all of the details concerning tickets and travel, accommodations, guides, appointments . . . pave the way Lord, like only You can do! We rejoice in what You have done, and we ask that you keep Jubilee safe and sound as she waits for her mama to arrive and bring her HOME! In Jesus name, Amen!

    Love you friends~

    Tina

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  38. I GOT CHILLS READING THIS!!! i am SOOO excited and happy for the whole Saunders family! jubilee has NO idea what fun and how much love is in store for her! "Yippee Jesus!!" is right!!!! 🙂
    -erin vega

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  42. i have goosebumps all over now….our God is indeed an AWESOME God!!!!! 🙂
    thank you soooo much for sharing your story, it gives me faith that this whole med school thing will work out somehow 🙂 love ya linny!!

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  43. WOOOHOOO! That is AWESOME – I mean HE is AWESOME!!!!! The world says it's not possible, but HE says "go get your girl, LINNY!" It looked bleak there for a few weeks, but I am SO glad that HE pulled through!!!
    Congratulations!
    Praying for GREAT weather – living in CO like you I know what to pray for!!!
    Have a great trip!!!

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  45. This is just wonderful news!!! GOD is SOOOO Good… We will keep praying for safe travels and having you arrive back in the states by Christmas. Blessings to you and your family.

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  47. I am so excited for you guys. What awesome news. Looks like there is a lot to do between now and Christmas. Wish I lived close to help. We will continue to pray for you all.

    Lisa
    Newark, Ohio

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  48. I just have chills and shivers all over- pinch me is this really happening.
    How truly amazing.
    What a great show of faith and belief in our father- I love it.
    praying for you and that everything just falls into place and you are where you need to be when you need to be there

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  54. YEAH!!! SO HAPPY FOR YOUR FAMILY!!! I will never forget Miss Jubilee's smile and giggles:) We met her in Jan 06 when we brought our Will home. She is a pure delight! Praise God for His many blessings!!
    Karen
    Mama to 7 blessings

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  55. YEAH!!! SO HAPPY FOR YOUR FAMILY!!! I will never forget Miss Jubilee's smile and giggles:) We met her in Jan 06 when we brought our Will home. She is a pure delight! Praise God for His many blessings!!
    Karen
    Mama to 7 blessings

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  57. I cannot express how happy I am for you all. I feel like I have been invited to this most awesome event, ordained and planned by our Almighty God, the Creator of the most beautiful families.

    There's no God like Jahovah!!!

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  58. Praise the LORD!!!!!! What a beautiful Christmas blessing!!

    Can't wait to follow your journey!

    2009 started really rough for you and your family but…WOW, what a way to end this year!!!!

    GOD bless!!

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  60. Hi sweet Linny, AS I read this I got the chills all over-I'm screaming Thank You Jesus with you. I'm praying that the weather is clear at DIA for your flight leaving as well as returning. Girl, I'm so excited for you-thank you so much for sharing with me.
    Love ya.
    Noreen

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  61. So so so happy!! I cannot believe how good our God is!! Your sweet girl will be home for Christmas- with her family where she belongs!! Thank you Jesus!

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  64. Oh Hooray, hooray!!!! How wonderful! I am so very happy for you guys! We were in China last year from Jan. 7th through the 23rd – just missed Christmas but so exciting! I can't wait to follow along your trip and I am so very, very thrilled that our prayers have been answered and sweet Jubilee will be home to celebrate the birth of our Savior! Halleluia! Glory be to God!!!! 🙂

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  65. Oh that is awesome news!!!! Will continue to pray for everything including flights, weather and all those details to come together:-) Will you get to see Bill and Lynsay?! I'm sure that would make their Christmas!!
    There is no God like Jehovah!!

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  66. Oh Linny, Home for Christmas!!! You have waited long enough and now she'll be here for the most amazing celebration,Jesus' birth and Jubilee's rebirth!!!! Yipee Jesus!!!!!

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  67. Absolutely wonderful news! We finalize our daughter from Korea on Dec. 21 so it is a red-letter day for us too! Will be thinking about your family that day also!! Linny, SURELY you will blog from China, right? On here or will you have another site set up? Let us know!!!

    Carrie – mom to 4 from Korea

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  70. Linny
    I'm so thrilled for you and your family!! What a joy to be together on Chistmas. May the favor of God continue as you finish the last details and go and receive the blessing that has awaited you for all this time!!!

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  74. AH, LINNY!!!! You are just FULL of good news these days! EIGHT DAYS!!!! YIPPEE JESUS! Are ya feelin' frantic yet? 🙂 Do you do a lot for Christmas? Cuz, girl, you're gonna have to have it DONE…in EIGHT DAYS!!!! YIPPEE JESUS!!!!!

    Hey….just buy a few really neat things in China, and you're all set! I went at Thanksgiving time to get my girl, and got home in early December. But believe me, I was STILL out of sync on the 25th, and SO glad I had picked up several cloisonne things, and some t-shirts, and also some jade circles on red string…everyone got those for Christmas AND a new baby in the family! MORE than enough! 🙂

    Oh, Yippee, Jesus!!!

    Hugs…Nancy

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  75. SO AMAZING!!!!! I have been following your blog for 11 months now and I have grown more than any other time in my life. Thank you for sharing your life with us.

    I can't wait to hear that Jubilee is playing in your house.

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  77. I don't know that I've ever commented before . . .but I have been following since the fire and love praying for your sweet family. Our first anniversary is the 21st and I just love that we can share that date with you. Although my hubs is in medical school and we wouldn't be able to adopt for awhile, we definitely are talking about it and I have been praying for my heart to break recently =)

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  85. Congratulations Linny!! Such wonderful news! Praise our Heavenly Father for whom all things are possible!! I am SO happy for all of you, but especially for Jubilee, who will now have the gift of a family. What a blessing for all of you!!

    Have a safe and blessed trip. I look forward to reading about your journey.

    Praise God!!!

    Peace,
    Teresa

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  86. Oh, Linny, I'm crying tears of joy. God's is faithful to keep His promises!!!!!THIS is the year of Jubilee!!! Hang that sweet stocking with her name on it. We'll keep praying for all to go smoothly, for safe travels, and for a Christmas you'll never forget.

    Much Love,
    Kathie from Georgia (currently Guatemala)

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  90. Linnie, HOW THRILLED WE ARE FOR YOU GUYS AND WE ARE PRAYING!!!!!!!!!!! Micah 7:7 🙂

    i am sending you this note to tell you what a RIOT it is for my younger daughters (12 and 13) to read your blog… they go around screaming and running to the computer yelling "MMOMMMMMMMMY!!!! "JEWEL-LAH-BEE" IS COMING HOME!!!!! one of them says it over and over and i can't get control of my laughter at the pronounciation:
    "JEWEL-LAH-BEE" PART..
    they are wild with excitement. thought you guys would get a kick out of it!

    oh. but please don't hit "publish" …i would be busted and they would DIE out of embarassment 🙂 Know you got a house of prayers as your advocates in chattanooga
    much love,
    tab

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  92. What an amazing Christmas gift from our even more amazing God!! Once again, He makes something happen that seemed impossible such a short time ago. Praying that your travels go smoothly to get your precious girl home where she belongs…safe in your home surrounded by love!
    Happy tears falling here!
    Blessings to you all!

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  95. Not surprised in the slightest. This **IS** the Year of Jubilee, so she had to be with you sometime in the next 27 days, right?? 😉 God is so awesome. Wow, I'm gonna start crying again here…

    So stinkin' excited for you all!!!!

    Sarah

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  98. I just found your blog and doing a little reading, have gotten a tiny glimpse of your lives and journey. Amazing! God is good and I'm so happy that you're daughter will be home for Christmas! And I love her name! I pray that her life would shine of our savior who brought jubilee freedom:)

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  100. YESSSSSSSS!
    i havent had internet in FOREVER so you can imagine my surprise when I went back and read your last several entries. I immediately began jumping up and down before falling on my knees in tears. Oh I just knew He would do it, but that doesn't make it any less AWEsome when He does it. SOOO thankful, and so excited for you! Love ya sister!

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  101. Yeah! I am so happy for you guys and cannot wait to see Jubilee home with her family!

    I have been praying she would be here before the new year!

    God is so great!
    -Sarah

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  104. Yay Jubilee!! Can't wait to see all of the pictures of her arrival. I love being able to see this through your blog.
    Just a thought though…Jubilee is already potty trained, bring on the next one!!!
    CM

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  105. Yay Jubilee!! Can't wait to see all of the pictures of her arrival. I love being able to see this through your blog.
    Just a thought though…Jubilee is already potty trained, bring on the next one!!!
    CM

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  106. WOOHOO!!! Thank you, Jesus!!! So excited for you! 🙂 I totally love that song–and the last time I heard it was in China, at church in GZ.

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  107. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Linny!!!! I don't comment often, but please know your family is in our prayers all the time! I'm so excited for you all!! Wish we lived closer to greet you with big signs of celebration at the airport. But know we will be there in spirit! God is so good!!

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  108. Praise God! This is wonderful and exciting news! As I read your post the song "Sing a Jubilant Song" came to mind and I'm sure to be humming all day long. This is the year of and for Jubilee. Rejoice! Prayers are with you as you travel.

    Sing a jubilant song, a jubilant song
    A joyous song of praise
    Sing a jubilant song, to celebrate life, a jubilant song
    One voice, one song, one joy proclaim
    Alleluia
    Of hope and peace for every man
    Alle – Alleluia
    Make a glorious sound, a glorious sound of voices true and strong
    Make a glorious sound, to celebrate life, a glorious sound
    Sing a song, a jubilant song, oh sing a jubilant song, oh sing a jubilant song!!!

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  110. I am SOOOO happy for you!!!! I am believing to bring my little Timothy home from Hong Kong before Christmas and God is using you and Jubilee to encourage me! He is so good!

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  111. I am a little behind!!! Happy belated Birthday and CONGRATULATIONS on getting Miss Jubilee home for Christmas! God does more for us than we can imagine, far exceeding our wildest dreams!!!
    God bless you as you enjoy this sweet time preparing to go to China!

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