Early morning July 28th...A day that would forever change our lives...
I got up as usual to do my morning devotions before our household wakes up. I finish up with Streams in the Desert. The verse at the top of that day was Nahum 1:3. It quoted just part of that verse. It said, "His way is in the whirlwind and the storm..". And I thought OH. my. GoOdNeSs. We are doing this aren't we...Don't ask me why, it wasn't as AHA, as some AHA moments are. I thought to myself, we might be going to meet OUR daughters today. aAaAaAaAHHHHH! How's that for a trip.
We all get up and make phone calls, feed everyone, get ready, and plan the day. We decide it best to go to where the girls are used to being, at their host families home, and just play in the backyard.
I'll never forget it. Getting out of the car, going in the backyard, seeing their sweet faces for the first time. We get acquainted with everyone and the kids start to mingle. I try a little interaction with words but they don't speak English and are a little shy, at first that is:). So I pass Solomon off to Josh and grab the soccer ball. I start kicking it around, inviting them to join me. Well that took about 2 seconds! Before you know it we had a soccer game going. We were laughing and playing and having fun. When that was done Josh and the host family got all the kids involved in a game of Croquet. We were all having so much fun! The girls immediately loved Kai and Solo, so I think they were a big part of the ice breaker.
It was getting past dinner time so the host family invited us to join them at DQ for dinner. So off to DQ we all went. Because of the language barrier the girls had no idea we were following them to DQ:) So when they got out of the car and saw us, they lit up with excitement! That was fun to see.
We had a great first encounter with them. It definitely seemed mutual. As we drove home Josh and I shared what each of us thought about the whole thing. Josh, who seems to always be able to see things clearly, was excited and saying they seemed like a great fit. I do believe the way I felt was overwhelmed. I was already trying to figure out the details of the "if" they became a part of our family. At the same time as my overwhelming feelings, I felt the same way Josh did. They seemed like a great fit in our family. Lucky for us though, the girls would still be in America for one week!!!
And again, more to come on that week, and what is happening now:)
I got up as usual to do my morning devotions before our household wakes up. I finish up with Streams in the Desert. The verse at the top of that day was Nahum 1:3. It quoted just part of that verse. It said, "His way is in the whirlwind and the storm..". And I thought OH. my. GoOdNeSs. We are doing this aren't we...Don't ask me why, it wasn't as AHA, as some AHA moments are. I thought to myself, we might be going to meet OUR daughters today. aAaAaAaAHHHHH! How's that for a trip.
We all get up and make phone calls, feed everyone, get ready, and plan the day. We decide it best to go to where the girls are used to being, at their host families home, and just play in the backyard.
I'll never forget it. Getting out of the car, going in the backyard, seeing their sweet faces for the first time. We get acquainted with everyone and the kids start to mingle. I try a little interaction with words but they don't speak English and are a little shy, at first that is:). So I pass Solomon off to Josh and grab the soccer ball. I start kicking it around, inviting them to join me. Well that took about 2 seconds! Before you know it we had a soccer game going. We were laughing and playing and having fun. When that was done Josh and the host family got all the kids involved in a game of Croquet. We were all having so much fun! The girls immediately loved Kai and Solo, so I think they were a big part of the ice breaker.
It was getting past dinner time so the host family invited us to join them at DQ for dinner. So off to DQ we all went. Because of the language barrier the girls had no idea we were following them to DQ:) So when they got out of the car and saw us, they lit up with excitement! That was fun to see.
We had a great first encounter with them. It definitely seemed mutual. As we drove home Josh and I shared what each of us thought about the whole thing. Josh, who seems to always be able to see things clearly, was excited and saying they seemed like a great fit. I do believe the way I felt was overwhelmed. I was already trying to figure out the details of the "if" they became a part of our family. At the same time as my overwhelming feelings, I felt the same way Josh did. They seemed like a great fit in our family. Lucky for us though, the girls would still be in America for one week!!!
And again, more to come on that week, and what is happening now:)
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