We're home!

We had a long couple days of travel but we are home and doing fine. J loved the airport and was very good even through delays and layovers. I had told him about the auto flushing toilets so he wouldn't freak out but I forgot to tell him about the auto sinks. He was quite thrilled with them. We rode up and down the escalators multiple times and then sat down to wait for awhile. He watched some people come in the doors and his eyes got huge. He said, "Mum, de gates (doors), dey are opening by deirselves!!" I said yeah, kind of like magic. He watched a few more and then said with awe, "It is magic." It was so funny. I tried to explain a sensor to a kid from a third world country, then I gave up and we just went in and out for a while.

There are lots of emotions to process, lots of things to do, but I'm operating on about 4 hours of sleep in the last 36 hours and I got a cold too. I'll update with pics when I can.

It's Thursday...

...and we had a visa as of yesterday afternoon. Praise God. this is like the only part of the entire 4 year process that has gone without a hitch. Weird, but very, very nice. See those of you we know IRL real soon.

It's Tuesday...

...and we got the "golden ticket". When you are approved for a visa they give you a yellow ticket to come back and pick up the visa. We have the ticket, praise God.

It's Thursday morning...

...and we have a visa appointment for next week. Thank you, Lord.

It's Wednesday afternoon...

...and we've been approved. We should find out about the visa appointment tomorrow. Lord willing. Wow!

Tuesday afternoon...

...the paper is found (or replaced or something) and things seem to be back on track. If we have no more mistakes or missing papers we may still get approval this week. Our fingerprints still expire on Sunday either way. Sigh...I got to share a black tie mousse cake from Olive Garden with R today. Awesome comfort food, that is if cake falls into a food category. I think chocolate is it's own category.

Tuesday morning...

...there's a paper missing from our file. Please pray.

Coming soon...

R has been writing short novel length books since she was 13-14. Some of these were series, some had made up languages, some had made up animals and other creatures. Some were just short stories. Her writing is very descriptive and very vivid. She finally made the choice to publish one of these books.

It's currently in the production phase and should be ready for purchase in 2-3 months. We're very excited about this.

Desperation

I hate the desperation I'm feeling today. Will we hear good news? Will we hear bad news? Will we hear anything at all? It's Friday and I'm feeling desperate. We've waited 4 years to get to this point and the thought of going another weekend without hearing anything makes my heart sick. Literally. It makes my chest hurt.

The O director told me last week that they had two VBS weeks in a row and how much fun J had and that they went to a pool one day. She told me that he cried when that team left. I know she meant it to reassure me that J is having fun but it breaks my heart that he's crying over other people leaving. I just want to come to him and take him home. We have a pool in the front yard. He could have been in it every day this summer but he's still in Haiti.

I feel desperate today to hear some good news. To bring our son home. Would you say a prayer for me? Please.

It's Friday morning...

...and we still don't know anything. Please keep praying.