Day One

Geovany is doing well. We picked him up at the REMAR offices instead of at the orphanage. We'd never been there before. It was interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes. By no coincidence, our attorney "just happened" to stop by while we were there. Not knowing it was him, we weren't introduced. Our translator, Sonia, had gone out to move her car, so we almost missed an incredible opportunity. However, when Sonia came back in she asked if we'd met our attorney. When we said no, she immediately had the social worker call him on his cell phone. He hadn't left the parking lot yet, so came back in to introduce himself. He assured us that he believes our case has about a 95% chance of completion, we just have to be patient. He also asked us to send photos of our visits with Geovany along with copies of our passport stamps and receipts from the Radisson proving we were here.

Geovany was a little unsure at first, we've had some tears, but McDonalds and naptime have helped greatly!! He's talking, which is an amazing thing to hear. I brought along Spanish board books from the library. He loves sitting in my lap, reading. He's said Mama and Dada and many other words I don't quite understand! =) After reading our first book several times, I asked for a kiss and got my first kiss on the cheek from our sweet boy. It's a pretty amazing thing to be so in love with someone you hardly know!

Enjoy the pictures.

Blessings,
Amy

We're Here!

Our trip down was very uneventful. Samantha was a stellar traveller. She slept through both take-offs and at least an hours into each flight. No signs of ear trouble, for which we're very thankful!! We're heading down for breakfast and then out to the orphanage to pick-up Geovany. I'll post pictures as soon as I can.

We had a wonderful meeting at the airport with the Prados and their extended family. They were so excited to see Samantha. They've invited us to their home for lunch tomorrow and then will spend Sunday with us going to the zoo and to see the annual lighting of the Christmas tree in downtown Guatemala.

Blessings,

A Visiting We Will Go!

When God is in charge, it's so amazing to sit back and just watch things happen. With the recent kick-out and the news that Geovany won't be home before the end of the year, we decided we really wanted to visit. God worked some pretty incredible miracles to make that possible, not the least of which was getting tickets for almost half of what we'd been seeing them going for. So, November 13th, we head to Guatemala with Samantha to visit Geovany for the weekend. To say we're looking forward to it would be a great understatement!

There are some specific ways you can pray for our trip:

• That everyone stays healthy and has safe travels
• For the "big" kids as they spend some fun time at Gma and Gpa's
• For us as we spend 4 precious days with Geovany...and as we return him, once again, to the orphanage on Monday the 17th
• For Samantha...we'll most likely be seeing her foster family...that this won't create any feelings of fear or insecurity for her
• That God might work one more miracle and allow us the opportunity to meet some of our adopting friends, whom we've met on this journey, in Guatemala...there's a good chance two families will be there picking up their children while we're visiting...we'd love to meet Beth & Isabella Faye and Amy & Mya

It's shaping up to be yet another adventure of a lifetime! Thanks for continuing to journey with us.

Blessings,