Sigh

I have been missing Jimmy so much lately.  We have not heard from him in almost two weeks now.  We messaged with his friend and asked him why he is not messaging us anymore.  He said Jimmy is afraid he will lose his phone.  I know you all do not know the situation but I don't think it is necessary to repeat.  Basically, we are stuck thousands of miles away from Jimmy.  He is acting out at the orphanage and we have no input or control over the situation. 

I was going to write "all we can do is rely on God to take care of it"; but just as I was thinking that, I knew that that is all we can ever do about anything.  We have no control over anything.  Guess who just got another lesson from God about giving it all to Him.  This adoption road is lined with lessons from God and growth toward Him.

Anyway, back to Jimmy.  I am asking that you pray for Jimmy and the administrators at the orphanage.  Pray that God will touch all of them and guide them into a situation of peace and understanding.  Please pray for us that my anxiety about the situation can be eased and I can focus on what God wants me doing.  Also, continue to pray for the adoption process to be OVER!  We want our son home.  We want to be dealing with the teenage attitude and drama right here in our home, where we can be guiding him and with God's help sculpting him into the man he is supposed to be, where we can love him through whatever comes.  I know the journey is not over once he comes home but we are ready to start that leg of the trip.

Must be a really big desk.

We talked to our agency yesterday.  Our dossier is still sitting on "the desk" in IBESR along with many others I am sure.  We know we have been approved and that we were published in the Monitor.  Robert, our lawyer, said that once he is summoned to pick up our dossier it will be about a month before we go to court.  Chances 4 Children, our agency, was not so sure about that.  We will just pray and wait.  We hold no hope in timelines or predictions.  Our hope is in God's timing, which as know is PERFECT!

In other news, we ask that you specifically pray for Jimmy.  Rob and I had a small disagreement with the administrators at CHCH.  Unfortunately, it involved the phone we gave Jimmy for Facebook communication with us.  Since then, Jimmy has not had any communication with us.  I am guessing he is upset with the whole situation.  The more time that goes by without communication, the more we regress in our bonding.  There have been times that for one reason or another the lines of communication have been down and our relationship was affected dramatically.  It is such a delicate thing.  In a perfect scenario, bonding would be one step forward, two steps back.  When we are unable to communicate, it is one step forward, ten steps back.  I am frustrated, sad, and helpless.  We need at least a step forward.

Signed Off

President Martelly signed our dossier!  He had actually signed it before my last post.  Proof once again that God is in control and His timing is perfect.  He has it all in His hands.  Why do I keep forgetting that?

The adoption was placed in the Monitor, a Haitian newspaper.  The next step is for IBESR to summon our lawyer to pick up our file.  We will then make plans to go to Port au Prince for family court and to file our I-600. This is by no means the end of the process, but we are making progress.  Basically, here is a run down of steps in the process.  Family court, Courts (2nd legalization), Ministry of Interior, Passports, Visa, JIMMY COMES HOME!

Please pray all the steps are done quickly and efficiently so Jimmy can come home.

Rob had a great trip.  He said Jimmy talked and talked and talked.  We are so happy about that.  His English is amazing and improving every day.  We know this will help him greatly with his transition.