So, I told dave to blog tonight because I was simply too emotional...
but I can't sleep so thought it would help to unload...I know we have tried to be light and funny, but now this is real...raw...these kids reality...
the kids in the orphanage are all beautiful. Their only "problem" is thay they were born in the wrong country. Dave and I were celebrities today; not because we offered anything other than a family to love and care for them. Seeing Stas in his environment was awesome. He seems to be the leader in his care group-comforable, confident and just merely happy. Was it because we were there, or because this is the amazing kid that he is? He has been thru too much (death, desertion, a grandma who chose to keep the sister and not him), and yet he has accepted it and continues to take chances; to love and accept people-beyond their circumstances.
The children all wanted to hold our hands. I felt so guilty that I could not speak their language to confirm who they are in God's eyes. So I probably (!) overdid it with hugs and cheers. Let me confirm that they seem happy-in some ways I feel bad taking Stas away; he is established and has friends that adore him. I know we are saving him from the desperation of his later years-but to take a child away from his culture, language-all he knows-I questioned. Dave continued to remind me about his future...
I hope we all feel a little uncomfortable.... so I am reading a book called "Reckless Faith"...it is about saving the orphans of the world...skip the latte and purchase it.
Love you all-darce
I am sitting here with tears and goosebumps....you hear about these kids.....but MOST PEOPLE don't know anybody that is actually trying to adopt......i can't even imagine the sadness (and the joy) that you are going thru.....my prayers continue....love you both so much
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