Met them!!!

What a day!

We met our boys for the first time and instantly, Chris and I fell in love with their sweet spirits!!!  We can't share pictures or names on the blog, but here's a bit of what the day looked like.

We drove out to the orphanage around 2:00 and spent about 2 hours talking and getting to know our sons. It was a very special moment, one that we will remember...ALWAYS.  It felt like eternity until they brought them into the waiting room where we were, but then...the door opened.  M and A walked straight up to us and shook our hands, and M knelt down before Chris to show respect. They were shy, and reserved at first, but we asked if we could hug them and they said yes.  After we hugged them, we had a chance to sit down and have our translator ask each of them questions. 

We told the boys that we have been praying for them for a long time and have come so far to meet them.  We didn't tell them that we were coming to adopt them because we wanted to allow some time to have them warm up to us, but one of the aunties said "These are your mommy and daddy!"  M smiled so big...and even little A smiled and grinned at us. A smiles with his eyes and it lights up a room!  We asked them to invite all of their friends to come into the room to talk with us. So then about 10 children poured into the room, eager to say hello and shake our hands. The children were sweet and were interested to hear our conversation. And they even sang 2 songs for us.


We found out a little bit about what they liked to eat and do. M loves cake and soda (Chris says he's just like his momma) and A loves chapati and juice!  They also shared that A LOVES cars so we were so excited to hear that because we have a few things that have the "Cars" movie logo on it!!

We asked the kids if they wanted to ask us any questions and M asked if there would be toys in America. :) And then another friend asked a question which brought tears to my eyes. He said, "Will M be okay in America?" Just thinking back on that brought me to tears as we drove away. They are cared about, especially by their friends. We asked our driver what he thought about the visit and he said he could tell how thrilled the boys were that we came there just for them.  I know that they can't comprehend how long or how far we have traveled this journey to finally be in this moment of time, but one day they may. I hope and pray that they realize we pursued them, just like our God pursues us.

Our take away from this day was such a reminder that our God goes to great lengths for our love and affection...what a perfect example of what it means to be a loving father.

Tomorrow's plans:  We are going to meet with the orphanage director and hang out with the boys. We'll let you know how it goes. Thank you for the prayers!! We still need them.