Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Kids on the move!

We got an update on Saturday about how the kids did on their trip from the orphanage to the foster home.  Aside from the few pictures we have seen this was our first glimpse into their personalities.  It was so cool to see how different they seem to be.  You'll see what we mean below.  It was also great to hear that the care takers at the orphanage went out of their way to send the kids off in style.  I hope you enjoy reading this as much as we did.  For context, the drive from the orphanage to the foster home is over 3 hours:
"we travelled to [the] babies home on thursday and picked up [Malachi and Macy]. [The care taker] sent them off beautifully by calling all the children their age group and making them sing them a farewell song. It was so sweet. After the song each little child handed them flowers and so emotional.... drove me to tears."

"Any way the trip back was good and Macy was so calm most of the way. I must say Malachi was very excited and could not keep quiet. He just kept talking about every thing he saw on the way and it was so hard to keep up with him because he was speaking in his mother tongue." 
"We arrived at the [foster] home at about 8:00pm and that was the earliest we have ever arrived in one day.  [The foster home attendant] was ready to receive the children and after a warm bath they had their dinner and went straight to bed.
[The attendant] says that they slept soundly the entire night they must have been really tired."
Just wanted to pass on the latest; we should hear more later in the week.  Thanks again for the support!

In Christ,

Nate and Julie

3 comments:

  1. Praying for their safety and a smooth transition to their new lives with you! Lets hope they sleep so soundly when they reach their new home! :)

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  2. YEAH!!!! What an exciting and nervous time all together. Praying for your family, all 4 of you!

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  3. woot woot! I remember those too few updates and just latching on to every word and glimpse of their faces... super exciting!!! Cherish it! Thanks for sharing! Love you guys!

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