Day 1/2 April 1 2013

It has been a long 2 days but been well worth the wait!  I spent the last two days in the airport making numerous attempts to get to Haiti and the door continued to close.  I was up at 2:30 this morning to try and make it again and finally arrived at 8:00.  The first thing I noticed upon arriving was the changes at the airport.  After three years of going through customs in a garage the building was repaired and we did not have to exit the building for further processing.  I was nervous about exiting the airport and knew that I had a ride but was unsure of who it was and if they would be on time. 

After exiting I was immediately met by guys attempting to take my bags and find provide me transportation.  After telling them numerous times that I did not need any assistance my persistance finally paid off.  I waited for 15 minutes and transportation arrived.  It was great to be back to our second home and I knew it would not be long before I would get to see our son.  I was anxious as we pulled into the orphange not because I was running late to meet with our attorney but because I saw him as we pulled up and heard him yelling my name.  He knew that I was coming today and was patiently waiting on a concrete slab for me to arrive.  I hugged him and kissed him on the head and we spent some time catching up.  I told him what my plans for the day was and that I would be back soon to spend time with him.  I ran to the room to change and after waiting for over an hour for our ride eventually left for our attorneys office. 

 

My goal with the attorney on this trip was to get a game plan and set deadlines on how things would get accomplished.  The window for adoptions under the old law was reopend and there is a short amount of time to make this happen.  I was able to get our attorney's assistant to make the trip to social services with me to ensure it was dropped off.  After waiting for a while they returned and said that we would need to meet with a supervisor tommorrow at 10:00.  I plan to make the trip again in the morning to possibly meet the director and was able to get permission to keep Wisbens home from school in order to take him.  I want them to put a name to a face and know who I am fighting for in hopes that they will do the same.  I also want them to see that he has an amputation and has medical needs that cannot be met in Haiti.  This is the most hopeful I have been in a while and I am praying that I can leave social services tommorrow with a number for our case. 
This will mean that we made it in under the old law and will get processed much faster. 

I had not had any breakfast or lunch and thanks to my awesome wife I had plenty of snacks to eat and share.  We finally made it back to New Life and as I pulled up saw Wisbens playing soccer w
ith all the other kids.  It was an emotional experience as he feels that he can play with anyone else and that his disability will not hold him back.  Resilience is a way of life in Haiti and our son was a great example of that today!  We had spaghetti and salad for dinner and after changing clothes went to evening worship to see the kids and spend time with Wisbens one more time before he went to bed.  It has been a long day and I am going to get some rest before heading out again in the morning.  Please continue to pray for our adoption the meeting tomorrow and for our safety!  Scroll down for more pics.  I couldn't get them all on today's blog.