Our guest home has internet access and we have a few minutes so we thought we’d try a quick update. Important stuff first – the boys are even more adorable in person that on video. We can’t wait for you all to meet them. We are adjusting well and quickly as a family. They have had terrific teaching to this point, including excellent spiritual guidance! They are very helpful and extremely loving.
We went to the embassy today and all is in order for us to receive their visas on Thursday morning (as planned). We went to the orpanage on Monday (with the boys) and were moved more than you can imagine. Special for Chris and Jeff: your kids are amazing also. Your son cried when we entered the area with our boys – they were so happy to be reunited for a little while.
As I (Randy) write this, Sary-Jo is resting upstairs. She has not slept well and is susceptible to motion sickness. The time in the car today, much motion combined with incredible pollution and other smells (let’s just say nobody will be fishing in these rivers) proved to be too much for her. The good news is that she’s finally sleeping a bit, which she really hasn’t done since about last Wednesday.
All in all, we are overcome with joy because of how well this trip has gone – praise God! Next update will probably not happen until after we return. Love to all.
(no time to proofread – please overlook mistakes)
Thanks for the update!! That’s so AWESOME to hear…soooo wish I could meet them! At chapel last week, an 8th grader from our school shared about how his family adopted a girl from here in Thailand. In tears, he told us all about the different ways God prepared his sister to be part of their family, before she even knew them. I thought of you guys, knowing that God has been preparing these boys all along to be a part of YOUR family! It’s just so cool!
So glad for the update! You have been in our thoughts since you left! Cannot wait for your safe arrival back to Puyallup!!!! Hugs to Sary-jo…get your rest and feel better!!!Love, us!!!
crying crying!!! SO happy to hear things are going well! We love you all, and can’t wait to meet your boys! Thanks for the update about ours kids too! See you soon!
Thank God!I am so glad that everything goes well!Hope for your safe return.Take care!
I am so happy for all of you! We have a good friend from Ghana and one from Somalia and they can not express in words what it was like to be adopted and come to America. Manny told me that it was like winning the biggest lottery in the world, only better. I can’t wait to meet my new cousins and get to know them. How lucky they are to have both of you in their lives, they couldn’t ask for better parents and role models than you two, and Sarah and Janel! I will keep you all in my thoughts as you have a safe return home! Love you all! Becka