Answer to Prayer Day!

It's 8:30pm... we just got back from playing with SC and putting him to bed. It's breaking my heart to know we will only have one more night like that...

Today we started out with our morning coffee routine and peanut butter toast. It is odd to be the only volunteers now besides Bas. Very quiet around here! We spent the morning with our babies... and also made sure to give some time to Trey on the balcony to celebrate his BIG 1st birthday!!! He was smiley, happy and had a good 'ol time up there! :-)

** Cathleen - FYI, it looks like Jacob is now in room A. His name tag is now on the wall, with his crib right next to Trey's!  And we noticed the nannies love him.  They take him on their beds and play with him... 

Joanna and her husband (the ones from NY) dropped by again and spent a couple of hours with us on the balcony. They then headed to the Toddler House to play soccer with the kids there (they donated a bunch of soccer balls.)

I had one more video to get done for a referral, so Joe and I worked on getting that done next... And right after that, we found out we would be helping Stephanie with the kids who had Christmas/birthday gifts to open. We spent the whole afternoon getting kids changed, dressed up, and giving them a hand opening their gifts, while Stephanie took photos. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon! But it was a lot of work with all the diaper changes, clothes changes, labeling toys, and getting the kids to smile, etc...

So... it was about 4:30pm and we were exhausted... We went and got SC and had said a prayer together - that God work keep him safe and continue to move his paperwork along.

Then about 5 minutes later, Stephanie came up the stairs holding a file and said "guess what?" I was SO EXCITED and gave her a big hug (maybe several!) :-) This same thing happened to us in July when we moved from IBESR to Parquet (she told us while we were in Haiti.) What a complete miracle and we thank God for this answer to prayer. Our very specific prayer (one we have prayed each day together) has been that we would see movement before the end of the year. And here it is - 12/29. :-) God left it until the very end, didn't He?! :-) But He did it...

So... don't get too excited. We are just through stage 1 of courts - still have stage 2. Then attestation, then Minister of Justice, then MAE, then MOI, then Visa, then Passport. So... another 6-9 months, probably... We are just glad we are continuing to MOVE!!!

Last full day tomorrow. Tough stuff... I haven't been dealing with that mentally yet. And I think I am getting a sore throat.

We hear it is snowing in Portland. SIGH… Yuck.

Morning coffee and peanut butter toast

BIRTHDAY BOY!!!

Splish Splash...

He discovered he likes sitting in chairs... he colored and played while in the chair for 20 minutes or so!  I was amazed.  :-)

A twin - isn't she cute?!

Working with the kids for photo shoots!

The moment!!!  Caught on camera.  :-)