Please pray for our friends Kyle and Mandy. They have spent a week in Russia meeting their new son. They are flying home now to wait 3-4 months for the Russian government to finalize their adoption papers before they can go back and bring him home. They have e-mailed every day and shared this joyous/heartbreaking journey with us. They met and fell in love with their new 15-month old son and then had to tell him goodbye for a few months. They knew this would happen; but, like childbirth, nobody can tell you how painful it is going to be. Mandy has tried to have a positive attitude - telling me that after waiting 6 years for a child, she can surely wait 4 months, and now is the first time anybody has been able to tell her when she would hold a child in her arms. This was before the trip. This morning's e-mail was heartbreaking, as they told of their final visit while the minutes ticked away before they had to lay him in his crib and tell him good bye. They said he gave them a big smile and laughed. The whole orphange staff is amazed that the baby looks like Kyle - he really does; I've seen pictures.
Another friend and I are planning a shower - that will lift her spirits some, but nothing will comfort them like having him in their arms again. Please pray for their peace, for their son's health and safety, for the other children in the orphanges, for safe travel, and for speedy government approval...
My kids are coming home any minute. I am going love seeing their faces today even more than usual.....