Thursday, March 27, 2014
Missing them...
This is the latest picture we received of the girls. Someone who is a photographer from the US went to visit the orphanage to use his talents to bless the people there. He took this picture of our girls. I so appreciated getting it but at the same time, it is hard to get a picture but not really know what has been going on and how they are really doing. Still no word on any progress with our file.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Holding you for the first time...
It was January 21st, 2014 and it was dark. Kelly, Koen, Kace and I had just landed in Port au Prince Haiti (Kiel was holding down the fort with Nana and Bumpy this time around)! We got into a jeep and started driving along very bumpy roads, dodging people, animals and vehicles. We had been waiting for this day since 2008 when we started taking steps towards our dream of adoption. The heat was…..well….. heavy. My heart was…..well……beating fast. The 45 minute drive felt like forever, and it felt surreal. We pulled up to a gate and a kind young man (with some form of disability) opened it for us. A large white concrete building stood there, and we knew that inside, were our daughters, Kinna Sheldine and Kloe Shelda. There were kids running around in the dirt kicking a ball even though it was pitch black. some goats were wandering around. As we walked through the front doors there were two girls sitting quietly in a long hallway on little plastic chairs. All we could see at first was their silhouettes. As we got closer I recognized their sweet faces from the pictures we had received. I knelt down in front of them and Kelly did the same. The boys leaned over trying to get as close as they could behind us. Five feet away was a room filled with kids who were all trying to be quiet but were pushing to try to look out at us and see what was going on. I reached out my hand and touched Kinna's hand. The next moments all blended together as we each brought them close to us and held them. Holding them tightly in my arms I rocked back and forth as the tears started streaming down my face. I longed for my embrace to wash away every lonely day, every unjust event they had endured, every hunger pang that went unsatisfied- and yet I knew that it wouldn't- not yet, anyways. They were very shy and looked at the floor a lot. The boys were placing their hands on the girls arms and holding them up for "high fives". Kelly was pointing to his nose and then touching their nose, pointing to his mouth and touching their mouth. They cracked a smile for a brief moment. Kloe put her little fingers on my fingers and played with my nails. I snuggled my nose right into her ear and whispered, "Mwen renmen ou", (I love you)- and I knew I really did!
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