prayer

The girls love praying for Jivenson and Haiti and it's beautiful to hear. Tonight I told the girls about the cholera outbreak and how people are getting sick from drinking water. I told them too that where Jivenson lives, they only drink bottled water so he will be safe. Wesli looked at me with wide eyes and urgency in her voice and said, "Oh Lord, help the people in Haiti who drink that water and thank you that my little brother is safe. Let healthness go into that water and heal them and not be sick anymore." It was the most precious prayer and the kind of prayer that could move mountains! Both the girls pray for him everyday and Melat starts every breakfast that way. It is so amazing to watch our children's world view expand and see their eyes open to the world outside of our home and to see their response to it...prayer.

Home Study

Yesterday we had our first Home Study visit. Through some misunderstanding on my part, I had it in my head that the social worker was coming here to our home. So of course I've been cleaning like crazy this week and we rushed to get some pictures on the wall that we haven't put back up since I painted the living room. And then when she was "late", i called her and she was expecting us to come there. Thank God she lives close, so we rushed over there and finally got to meet. All went well and it's feeling much easier this time around....using our first Home Study, it makes it a little less difficult since so much is the same as it was during our first Home Study in 2006/2007.
We were very encouraged to hear some things that have been happening kind of behind the scenes, regarding the orphanage where Jivenson is living and things we can do to ensure he comes home in a timely manner. We feel so amazed at how God has brought people into our lives during this first part of the journey and how He has orchestrated relationships and connections with others to do something so wonderful!
We should be done the Home Study before the end of this month and it should get written up and completed sometime in December. We were really hoping it would at least be done before we travel in Jan, and it will be:) We can't wait!