Waiting...............

Tall man Geof trying not to crack his head on the doorway of the bathroom!!

So here we sit waiting for paperwork to arrive by courier so we can go somewhere to fill out more forms. We were told our papers should be here between 10 and 11 am. Well it's now 11:45 and our representative just called to tell us that she is also waiting for the papers to arrive. They should have been here by now so someone is apparently trying to track them to see where they are. The Lord knows where they are and what His plan for us is, so we have taken our request to Him and we are trusting Him to work it all out exactly the way He means for it to happen.

There is another family here from France who is adopting twin boys who are about one year old. One of the twins ended up in the hospital in critical condition a couple of weeks ago. It appears he had some kind of allergic reaction to something and nearly died. He has had a cardiac arrest, a diabetic reaction, nearly lost his fingers to a strange sort of infection, and is currently on life support and in a coma. They believe he will live, but that family has been through a lot. The adoptive father is 55 years old and a very angry person. Everyone here walks on eggshells around him. One of the adoptive moms here from the U.S. is currently working on finding another place to stay because this dad has shown an open dislike of her 4 year old daughter. He scared us yesterday by yelling and slamming things around in the dining area while we were eating. We think we can wait it out in this hotel because we are hoping we don't have to be here much longer, but if it gets any worse we may decide to look for another place ourselves. We have been praying for them, the dad in particular, but it is hard to offer hope when we can't speak the same language. Please take the time to pray for this family.

Yesterday Rebecca and I had fun helping Juanita, the cook, in the kitchen. She gave us a cooking lesson, teaching us how to make the meal she was preparing for dinner. It was a super rich chicken and parmesan cheese casserole served in individual bread bowls. We also had a fresh green salad (my personal favorite). To top it off, there were two separate occasions for celebration which each required a cake. (Can't celebrate without cake, right?) One cake was needed to send off an adoptive mom who was finally getting to go home today. The other was required for a birthday. That is the third birthday we have celebrated here so far--the other two were Yamile's and Geof's. So the "going home" cake was a sort of tort with about 1000 super thin layers of crispy wafer with cream between layers (it really does work out to be about 1000 layers). The birthday cake was a rich, creamy chocolate. We had a little of each. Both were delicious. I really hope all our clothes still fit us when we leave this place!

Hope you all are doing well. Thank you so much for those of you who have taken the time to post your comments. It's wonderful to hear from you and it helps with the feelings of isolation that try to take over. Our love to you all.