A little of this, a little of that

Well, I am crazy tired! We have yet to get a good nights sleep since we have been here. The first night Micah was sick, up all night, and last night Lillian was up with a stomachache... well she finally got rid of that, she threw up ALL over the bed. If anyone knows me well, they know that I am a social barfer. The smell got to me and I had to leave the room, I went down to ask for more sheets and pillows, she got it all... The man brought up a sheet, but no pillow, so I was talking to him when the lady next door came in for the evening, she quickly gave us one of her pillows, it was very nice. I don't think Lillian was too impressed with the throwing up, she was pretty upset afterwards. Micah slept through the entire ordeal. When he is asleep, he is asleep. He is a crazy wild sleeper too, coming from the person who shares a bed with him. He is the size of a 2 year old and can take up the entire bed... it's amazing to me. Though I would share some pictures of the kids. Please keep us all in your prayers, I am exhausted and on the brink of getting sick I am afraid, today we go to the home, so we are not sure how the children are going to react. I don't think they are truly aware that they will never be living there again, they still have their doubts. Other than that things are going well. It is so great to see all of my friends here again. They all remember me and are glad to see me. I love it. We met a girl last night who has been living here since June. She is volunteering her time, man I wish I could have the faith to move here and not worry about all the things in America, the bills, and making a living, and everything else. We will see. I do find myself thinking about work. I opened my e-mail and was disgusted to see all the e-mails waiting for me. a lot is going on, sorry you are having to pick up the slack Becki! We can feel the prayers you all are praying for us. There have been situations we have been in that I think only the Lord could have gotten us through successfully. Thank you for the prayers, keep them coming, we still have several days and a loooong plane ride back. More updates to come soon!

We made it!

We are here! It has been so amazing so far to be a part of these kids life's. We were able to get Micah straight when we arrived from the airport, then we got Lillian on Monday morning. We were a little nervous about getting Lillian, we had trouble communicating with the people at ACFI, but God prevailed and we got her without a hitch. We also went to get the visas today, and amazingly the consular was very nice to us. We got the visa's with no problem. We were nervous because we had heard she was difficult with other families, but we were very blessed. Both of the kids are getting more comfortable with us. At first they were trying to be perfect, but since Micah has begun hitting, biting, and pinching. He is in his terrible twos at 4! Rachel is going to have her hands full when she gets back to Dallas. Lillian is a ball of energy! She has a very short attention span and likes to run around the room. Then she will stop for a second and cuddle up with you, then she is on her way again. both of them are very affectionate. Anyways, I am going to finish eating my dinner, but hopefully there will be more updates soon... the internet is kinda not so good here!

I'm going to Liberia!!!

WOW! I can't believe it, everything has happened so quickly. I am leaving Saturday morning to go to Liberia with Rachel. She is the mother of one here in the states, and will be getting 2 more while we are there in Africa. I'm so excited about being a part of this, I have such a heart for adoption, and can't wait to someday be the mother of children that come from Africa and wherever else the Lord leads me to adopt from, but for now I am much too selfish and poor to have children of my own. I will def. be posting pictures of beautiful Liberia and of the new children. Please be praying for us, for safe travel, for adjustment to Rachel when the kids meet her, and for them as they travel "home," somewhere completely foreign and different than what they are used to. More to come very soon!!