We are home safe! Our plans while in Haiti all got shot, but God had better plans anyway! We traveled to Port au Prince, Haiti on Wednesday to visit Ooley. Daniel wasn't feeling very well and I gave him some medicine that pretty much knocked him out, which made for a more interesting day. Interesting meaning stressful for me. After getting a late start, we spent maybe an hour with Ooley on Wednesday. Daniel's health was our first priority and he was running a fever and struggling to stay awake. So we headed to our hotel, only to find out that the "thank you" online meant nothing and they had no rooms. We headed back to The Juniper Tree, the place that houses groups when they go to Haiti to work with Chances for Children, and they had a room for us.
It was a blessing that we ended up at The Juniper Tree! With all the failed plans for the day, and Daniel not feeling well, I was a nervous wreck! The small group that was staying there was a really great group, and the lady who was running the home for the week has adopted three children from Haiti and was able to understand our emotional stress. They were so much help and took time to pray for Daniel and comfort and calm me. Daniel's fever broke Wednesday evening, but he still wasn't feeling too great Thursday morning.
We got a late start Thursday as well, but were able to spend about 4 hours with Ooley. He is doing really well! He gets a good meal every day, and a bath too! He got a haircut Wednesday night, so when we got there Thursday, he was handsome and clean. Ooley is learning some English and he really enjoys being outside. It melted our hearts when he said Mommy and Daddy. The mothers at the creche are helping him understand who we are, so that is really nice. We noticed that one of the little girls who is being adopted has pictures of her adoptive family hanging in the area of her bed, we're pretty sure that will be the case when they get our photo pages for Ooley as well. That will help him get even more aquainted with our faces and remember more each time we see him.
Leaving the creche after putting Ooley down for his nap was very hard. Especially hard when he looks at you with begging eyes not wanting us to go. Leaving Haiti without him was heart wrenching. We know he is being taken care of, but we want him home here with us. We are ready to go back to see him already, it's not easy to adjust our minds back to our life here right now without him.
Our adoption dossier is complete on our end, we just need to print the photo pages and it's ready to be mailed to our agency. There's another form we must apply for which requires another round of fingerprinting as well. That form will be sent with our dossier and everything will be headed to Haiti when the last pieces have been translated. We are believing that Haiti will move extremely fast with our process and make it a priority! The expenses for this process are hitting the large totals needed, but God has provided this far and will continue to provide! We are applying for some adoption grants and possibly some no interest loans through our adoption agency. We haven't had the need to do so until this point, but we would like to know the funds are available when needed so the process isn't slowed for any reason. Thanks again and again for all of you who have helped with our adoption process so far, you will be blessed for being a blessing!
Back to our life here in the U.S., and back to pushing forward with the adoption process! God is good, and we look forward to sharing all the amazing things that will come soon! Thanks for your constant prayers and support, we are in awe of how God is providing everything needed at the perfect timing!
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