Friday, November 25, 2011

Bitter and Sweet

Thanksgiving has come and gone... it was a lovely day spent in fellowship and food with our families... but it was a day spent thinking of our girls non-stop.. wondering what they were doing... wondering what our first Thanksgiving with them here will be like.... dreaming... wishing... hoping... praying... Bitter & Sweet~ That seems to be how we spend everyday right now.
We are currently/slowly working on their bedroom... it's fun and exciting but creates a deeper longing in our hearts. I walk in there room almost daily and look at the two little empty twin beds and wonder what it will be like to go in there and see them snuggled in thier beds, playing in their room with their toys ....This feels like the longest pregnancy EVER! Not that I know what it "feels' like to be pregnant... but I do understand the longing- anticipation- excitment....
The furter into this journey we get- the more we can see how deeply invested our friends and family are in this journey too.... and that is a huge blessing and a great comfort to us. We talk non-stop about the process, the girls, our plans, our prayers..... on and on and on... and we are never faced with the feeling that the people close to us are tired of hearing it... we find they are just as anxious to hear, plan and pray! We are so blessed!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Milestones

This is such a journey of faith. Such a journey of high "highs" and low "lows"... such a journey that will tear your heart out... stretch you like taffy on an old fashion taffy machine (thanks for the symbolize Dawn!)... Today is a milestone for these waiting parents. Our Dossier has officially been delivered to the Creche in Port-au-Prince, Haiti! We still have 2-3 months wait before we can expect to be invited to travel and meet our girls... but this is a good, good day!!!!
We love you Sheldine & Nephtalie!!!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Heavy Hearted Parents

This has been such a rollercoaster ride... on Sat. morning I receieved an email saying our Dossier had been sent to Haiti... I was so overjoyed I sat at my compter crying!!! We were walking on air....so thrilled to have our Dossier finally on the move! Then comes Monday... another email from our agency telling us there had been a miscommunication and our Dossier is still sitting in Austin, TX. waiting for one document to come back from the Haitian Consulate... frustration... anxiety... saddness.... There is a document that came back from the Haitian Consulate stamped incorrectly... and to date, our agency still has not received it back ... nor can they get any information as to it's whereabouts...
We want to go meet our girls... to start bonding with them and sharing our hearts with them... it just feels like we will never get there... that there is no light at the end of this long dark tunnel.
We prayed this morning that we would continue to trust in God's perfect timing... trust that He is in control... trust that He knows exactly where that one missing document is....trust that He would hold us together through this ... trust that He has a plan and a purpose in all this ...
Our hearts are already in Haiti....... not much we can do but sit and wait... and pray