A belated reason to give Thanks- pre approval!

St Lucy's Center has pre-approved us! Everything goes to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, which acts like an embassy since the US can't acknowledge Taiwan for fear of pissing off China. There they authenticate all of the notarized paperwork. Small glich, they suddenly decided they want everything 'cross stamped' by a notary in the Los Angeles office. Unfortunately, technically, you are not allowed to cross stamp with a notary seal. Thank goodness our travelling notary just did it and looked the other way. "They love their stamps in Asia," she said.