Tomorrow we go and get our girls to bring them home! Just over 4 years ago, we started off on this journey. So many ups and downs, however, one thing has been consistent and that's the God we serve! He has had His hand in this adoption from the very beginning, even before we applied to adopt. We feel honored that He chose us to be D and W's forever parents.
Our U.S. kids have lots of emotions going on - we've been talking through what everyone is feeling since booking our tickets on Monday. I've heard everything from butterflies, anxious, scared, excited, nervous, happy it's almost over, etc. We have a few kids that are a little unsettled, mainly with the travel. For the most part, it is excitement about meeting the girls. We were able to send another video through our friend to D and W. We told them we would be coming tomorrow and that this was the trip in which we would be bringing them home.... on the big airplane. We've been talking about the big airplane with them since April 2016. It's go time girlies!
If you would remember us in prayer with a few specific things:
*For our girls hearts - so many new experiences that we wish we could just gloss over, but they are leaving everything they know, love, smell, friends, people constantly around them that look like them, food, environment, Nannies, beds, everything. This part of international adoption makes me sad. I have wrestled and wrestled with what they might experience and I can't even come close to imaging! Please pray for their hearts and big-time trust that we will get them home.
*We still need some documents to come through while we are there. Please pray for speediness so that Ryan and I can rest a little easier knowing all of that is taken care of. We also have some friends that you could lift up. God knew I would need these two ladies walking the road with me, and He gave me some great ones! Please pray for their adoption paperwork as well!
*For our U.S. kids - they have heard the lovely stories of the Haitian airport. That's where most of the anxiety comes from. We had a long talk with the kids here about this being just a small part of what D and W will go through when they come back with us.
*Bonding to continue to happen, walls to start coming down brick by brick, and trust to continue to develop. All of these things will take time, we realize that, but every time we go, we remove bricks and barriers.
*Health - for all of us. Yeah, just health!!
We will do our best to keep updates coming, but we also aren't going to be connected to the internet constantly because we are soaking up our new family. We have waited so long to have everyone in ONE country!!
We thank you all so much for praying for us, supporting us during the hard times, giving financially to assist us, talking me off the ledge when I would go to the dark side!
It's Go Time!
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