Can you recognize that noise, click,click,click,click.....????? That is the sound of the car slowly climbing back up the roller coaster! This time we are praying we reach a plateau...or better we keep climbing.
After the girls were removed from the orphanage by their fathers, we have spent our time since running them down to find out why. Remember, our guys in Haiti met with the parents, collected birth certificates, spent two days explaining the process and ended up with consent from all involved. So why the change of heart? We have heard a lot of different things, some noble reasons, not wanting the kids in country, but at an orphanage hours away, concerns about horrible adoption stories, concerns they do not know me or Kim, things like that. Then there were the very ignoble reasons we heard, not worthy of discussing since we really do not know.
What we do know is I will be flying into Haiti on Friday and meeting with the dad's on Saturday, then flying home Sunday. I have been told they want to meet me, and they have a lot of question for me. I understand this request 100% and in retrospect, I should have been there to start with. But now I will have time to explain our hopes and dreams for their girls. I want to explain that we fully expect these girls to be vested and actively involved with Haiti from a young age. We expect that the kids will visit Haiti and maybe someday, as adults, will be in a position to help Haiti and Haitians.
More importantly, they need to know these girls will be loved, supported and cared for by two people more than ready and profoundly willing to do that.
The good news is that I have been told that Gladine's dad still wants to adopt her to us and is planning on doing so after our meeting. Fedeline's dad is still a very difficult read, but our Haitian "guide" thru this process told us a very interesting thing last night. He told us that if they offer to adopt their six year old to us, Guerdeline, instead of Fedeline, that I cannot refuse! He said it would be highly insulting to the parents and if we refused, we could lose Gladine as well, (Gladine and Fedeline's dad's are brothers). He explained that we would in essence be saying we would not love Guerdeline and it would speak badly about our capacity to love.
Sooooo, I guess all I can say for now is first, Saturday is going to be fascinating! Second, we thank God we turned this over to Him because otherwise, our heads would be spinning!
I will keep you all posted and thank you in advance for your prayers for God's will to be done.
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