Pierced Ears!

Today, Kelly took Lael to the hospital and got her ears pierced…don’t really know how they do it in America, but here, just a little dab of alcohol on the ol’ lobe and then just push the point of the stud through the ear lobe until it passes through!  Pretty simple, huh?!  Barbaric?!  Like Kelly said, “this wasn’t like going to mall and having it done.”  Kelly said Lael cried a bit, but the tears didn’t last long (I think the whole thing disturbed Tori more than anyone).

I also went back to Vital Records with Ega (in a town an hour away) to continue the process of obtaining the birth certificate.  We went yesterday, but they told us to return today to get it.  What we obtained today was the first part of the process, and we ended up with what I’ll call a “provisional” certification…but it is not the official record necessary for what we need (we got the kind of birth certificate you get at the hospital in Texas…useful for scrapbooking I guess, but nothing more).  We were told that we can return again in about 6 weeks for the official one.  A little disappointing to have to wait that long (nothing’s computerized here and certainly nothing is done quickly), but we are praising God that we are heading down the right path.  Today, as we were waiting in a long line (really not a line at all, just a bunch of people crammed into a small hot room), I prayed that God’s favor would be upon Ega and that he would not have to wait long.  Sure enough, the secretary came out with a tall stack of documents signed by the clerk and Ega’s was the 3rd one called!  Hallelujah!  

I have my monthly leaders’ meeting tomorrow and then a cluster wide convention on Sunday.  It’ll be a busy weekend!