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(Christen) Yesterday, we were able to pick up our packet containing the necessary forms to file for Manny's visa. We will submit these forms when we go for our interview, which we hope will be this upcoming Monday or Tuesday. These are the only days interviews are given, so if we don't get one this week our next chance will be the following week.

Today, we visited another foster home 30 miles away in Tema. The home houses 14 children and is the start-up project of a South Dakota couple. They have a vision of building a 'live-in' community with an on-site school for the children. They wish to rescue a great deal of the children in the area who have been trafficked into child labor. Sadly, many children in that area are sold, or their parents are tricked into giving up their children; thinking their child would be attending school or getting a better life. Part of the vision is to become a sustainable organization and provide employment opportunities to impoverished women by selling water they purify with their own equipment. The hope is that these families won't have to resort to selling/loaning out their children into a forced labor situation. We also talked in great detail with them about the adoption process, as they are interested in becoming an adoptive home for those of their kids who are truly orphaned.