Today we started our morning off with church. It was a good
3 hours in a hot building with the sun literally shining down on me…. It was
toasty, sweaty, and long….. but we got to see a baptism! One little boy was
baptized this morning! It was done very differently because they did not use
water, but they did “cover him with Christ” using a robe. It was interesting to
see. Benithy slept in my lap for about 45 minutes and then spent the rest of
the church playing with my Bible. She was very well behaved.
After church we walked to the crèche. It was an enjoyable
walk with the kids. We got back there and Benithy was ready to go. We gave her
a water bottle and that was a HIT with her! J
She was showing it off. She really talked a lot today. We even started working
on saying please and thank you. We played outside a lot, danced, chased,
colored… we really had a great day. She really didn’t nap the rest of the day,
so we really got a lot of time in with her! Hooray! A good full day. Right
before we were leaving she started to get snuggly and tired. We had to go, and
she was mad at us. She got real grumpy and swatted at me. The Man and I
thought… I guess it’s good that she is mad we’re going and not indifferent like
usual. It’s a weird thing to be kinda happy about… but we took that as SOME
sort of emotion towards us! J
The other cool thing about today is I got to connect one of
the kids at the crèche with his mama! I met his mom here the day we arrived
they were getting ready to leave. So she messaged me and asked me to hug her
son and tell her she loved him and then show him the picture. We were able to
message with her a bit today and send her a picture. It was so sweet to see his
face as she responded. It’s such a blessing that our adoption community can be
so big, yet so small.
I can totally… yet barely believe that we are only 3 short
days away from leaving. I was talking with some of the boys at the crèche today
and they said, “You have 4 weeks…” I said, “I have 3 more days. Then tomorrow I
have 2. Then Tuesday 1. And then Wednesday I have 0.” And one of the boys said.. “And you cry?” and
I said “Yes… I’m for sure going to cry.” And the boys said “Me too…” So sweet!
Once we got home we ate dinner and then played some games
with the other couple. It’s been fun having them here for sure. We also got to talk with The Bash! It sounds
like he is having a blast in CO right now. I really cannot wait to be able to
hold him again.
Tomorrow (Monday) is our social worker visit. A social
worker will come to the crèche and observe us with Benithy. Pray that all goes
well. I believe they will be observing us and the other couple.
It also looks like we’ll be getting in at USCIS this trip as
well. Either Tuesday or Wednesday before we fly out.
Your prayers are being answered here. Your comments and
thoughts to our family are so precious to us. Thanks again for all of you
walking with us!
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