Prayers for little Zuri

Hello faithful friends and family,
We have some things we could use your prayer for. First of all Zuri is sick again. She came down with a fever today and feels terrible. Her eyes are very watery and every now and then a tear will just fall straight down her cheek. I was able to just hold her today and take care of her but my heart was breaking because of feeling helpless. Claudia is treating her for Malaria because the treatment is much better for her than letting her ride it out and actually having Malaria. Malaria is tricky and can "hide" inside you with false readings when tested. It is very serious and can get into your brain even and cause seizures so I am for treating her anyway even though it could be a bad cold. We are reaching the end of our trip so if we can just get her well, then we won't have to worry about Malaria carrying mosquitoes in the states. We couldn't get her medicine in her because she kept throwing it up tonight, so please pray her fever will be healed and her stomach will settle so we can get her medicine in her so she can start feeling better.
On the adoption note, our attorney has submitted Zuri's passport, but without a certain paper that was supposed to be signed by a certain person who went out of town last week. He is hoping it will still be done even without the paper so we will find out tomorrow. We can't get the visa processed and the rest of the embassy stuff until we have the passport in hand. So we really need the passport to be done tomorrow so we can submit the rest of the paperwork. At this point, I am not feeling very positive that we will be on time to travel next Tues. So please pray that our Embassy representative, Nathan Flook, will have mercy on our case and process us quickly. A lot is up to him and he can be hard to work with. We met other families in Uganda yesterday that were flying out tomorrow for L.A. They have been here 6 weeks, so if our paperwork doesn't get done this week, we are at least hoping it will only be a couple of days difference. The offices are closed this Wed. and next Tues. for holidays so we only have a few days to work with. Little Gayla (the baby) is doing better. She is so small. When you pick her up, its like you are picking up bones. She is beautiful though and I can't wait to see her after she is well loved and fed!
I am going to wrap this up. We are hoping to go to Kampala tomorrow if we hear the passport is ready (we are praying). So we will let you know what we find out and how Zuri is doing. I miss you all very much. Schultz's, I hope Hanna is still welcome and not the guest that has stayed too long! We really miss her!
If anyone has American Idol recorded and would let us borrow the last couple of shows we would appreciate it. We left for Africa the day after the last 3 performed so we don't know who got cut and who were the last two. We are trying hard not to find out the results because we would like to watch it as a family when we get back. We will let you know how Zuri is doing tomorrow. If you get this early you could keep her in your prayers throughout your day since it is the night here (9:00pm). We hope to see all of you soon....Trusting Him, Gayla