YES!

We finally arrived and settled into our guest house.  The hosts are wonderful and it has a very family feel.  Today we went to an international church and it was amazing.  

Following the church gathering we went to eat and found out we could finally visit our children.  We rolled up to Gelgela (the orphanage) and found our hearts fluttering.  It was raining.  We stopped and got out of the shuttle with the other families and this little lady was there amongst the crowd.  The little miss.  Decked out in a little dress and shivering in the cold.  

I think I can tell you her name now - the little "miss" is Misgana and her name means, "thankful."  We are incredibly thankful.  We passed out suckers and saw her bed and saw her sock monkey we sent and the picture book.  We were trying to get her to feel comfortable when we got a call saying we could take her home with us now! 

We were blown away - loaded her up and took her with us.

I can not fully describe what we are thinking, but the word miracle and awe come to mind.

So - we are all here with families.

One great bit of news.  Misgana has a close friend that speaks her language from the orphanage and a family from Holland (25 min. from us!)  They are here picking up their daughters so Misgana will have a friend close by.

First - praise God.

Second - praise God.

Third - our love goes out to our kids!  Love you guys and miss you and pray for you every day.  We are showing Misgana your pictures.

Fourth - our love and appreciation to our family and friends who have been so supportive of this journey!

Finally - please pray that Misgana opens up.  She is very shy, but slowly warming up.  She seems good, but this is an ENORMOUS change.  Prayers are appreciated and needed.

Thanks and God bless!

We may not have lots of power so I'll post if we can... don't worry about emailing us - just post comments if you'd like.

Reminder we arrive at 7:45 pm on Sunday night in Grand Rapids.  :)

Thanks!