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		<title>Home sweet home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We want to thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts. You have all supported us, worried for us, and prayed for us. You have truly been a part of our adoption. We have learned so much about being there for others and giving strength to those who are in doubt. We love you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are coming home!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, we are coming home!!!  Last Friday, we got another letter telling us our fingerprints had expired and I about lost it.  We had our fingerprints renewed earlier this year and knew both were valid.  So long story short, we (Ruth, Johana, and I&#8230;our good friend, Kailah drove in from Huehue to stay with John) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God Moved the Mountain - by Kathie Nelson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a glorious morning!Nora left this morning at 5 AM with a peace that surpasses understanding.  She was so organized, even had an agenda to pass out. (she should be a lawyer).  Thanks to Todd Bush and my brother, Max for so clearly laying out an argument for us to use.  She had all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Request from the Embassy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, we got another email requesting more information from DHS.  It was more than heart breaking for us to get this information.  DHS has asked for the following information:  1)  Provide a literal transcript of the CD (listed in number 6 of the first part of this message) accompanied by a certified English translation.
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		<link>http://adoptingjohanna.com/?p=71</link>
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		<title>Embassy Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, all 4 us (My Mom, Johana, John, and I) went to the Embassy to try and talk to someone in DHS.  On the ride to Guatemala City from Antigua, John got sick and threw-up all over my Mom.  So we pulled over in incredible traffic and changed clothes.  My good friend Kailah was driving us.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adoptingjohanna.com/?p=70</link>
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		<title>The Latest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, I left for the US Embassy at 5 AM to get there at 7 AM.  Traffic is extremely bad in the morning between Antigua and Guatemala.  Anyway, I met Andres (Attorney) there.  It was so crazy&#8230;we had to stand against a blue wall outside the US Embassy until a lady named Angela (Guatemalan) came out and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adoptingjohanna.com/?p=69</link>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you all so much for your encouragement, prayers, letters, emails, and willingness to help us.  There have been letters sent from all over the Country.  Todd and I are overwelmed by all of you.  Thank you.  We could not have made so much progress without your help.
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		<link>http://adoptingjohanna.com/?p=68</link>
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		<title>A Major Set Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when we thought all was a go, our own country has presented us with a MAJOR set-back.   Our lawyer submitted our file for pre-approval for Johana&#8217;s VISA.  The Embassy(DHS) replied by asking for further documentation of her abandonment hearing.  Our lawyer requested the documentation from the Quetzaltenango Court.  The court replied that what they sent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adoptingjohanna.com/?p=67</link>
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		<title>Greetings from Guatemala by Kathie Nelson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from Guatemala,     Thought I would give an update.   Nora, John, Johana, and I left Huehue last Saturday.  We took ourselves along with 8 pieces of luggage on a Guatemalan bus.   It was a new challenge but it was ok.  The trip was  a bit rocky and the walk to the bano was a bit treacherous. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://adoptingjohanna.com/?p=66</link>
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		<title>July 8th at 4PM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 8th at 4PM, Johana became our &#8220;legal&#8221; daughter. 
Thank God everyone.  Johana is now a Zemler.   Myself and a friend went up to the top of the mountain behind us to a small town.  The road   was so steep that we had to ask four men to get in the back of the truck so [...]]]></description>
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