A wave of new hope.....

As news came across my computer screen today of a family adopting from Maison that will be flying home from Haiti on Nov 18th with their precious adopted daughter... a wave of new hope washes over me.  This will be the first child to leave our orphanage since the earthquake over 2 1/2 years ago!!!  What an amazing day that will be...  I am overjoyed for my sweet new friend and her family...  rejoicing at the joy that must be filling their hearts...  praying that everything flows smoothly and seamlessly for them as they journey this final leg of the adoption process... and step into the next "season" God has for this family...  simply amazed!

 In the midst of this most amazingly difficult and beautiful journey....  I find myself dreaming of the day we step off Haitian soil with our daughters....what will that day be like?...  To be walking into the airport as a complete family of four.  To check in at the ticket counter as the Condon Family!  To walk down the tarmac hand in hand with Sheldine or Neffy... (Pappa will have to manage at least one of them!)...  onto the plane... locating our seats and buckling the girls in...  what will that feel like?...  This will be their first time in an airport...on a plane... how will that feel to them?... what will be going through their minds?....  what will be going through mine?...  Touching down on US soil... making our connecting flights...  stopping for a snack or lunch... in an airport ... in the United States... with my daughters....  flying into Presque Isle... with my kids...  getting off the plane and walking across the runway toward terminal...  what will our thoughts be... what will the girls emotions be like?..  What will their reaction be to seeing their new home... new bedroom... new toys and clothes?....   all of this seems so "unreachable"... yet, so close I can taste it...