It is hard to have so much to share and such limited time to share it. I know that not all of my dearest friends are on facebook so I want to make sure I keep everyone as up to speed as possible on all that is happening.
Brief run-down of our day...left here at 6 am to get to the U.S. Embassy for our 7:30 appt with the other 2 American couples that we are with. Have learned a great deal about Haitian culture and the complete lack of Haitian driving laws just from these rides up and down the mountain but that's a whole other post! :) We got to the embassy...waited, were seen, waited some more, were interviewed and then were released from there about 10 am. We thought we were on track for a smooth and fairly quick day. Then it took about another hour of crazy driving to get to the courthouse. Both the embassy and the courthouse are in Port au Prince but the traffic and the roads are apparently especially bad between those 2 buildings, which is really saying something! So we took a longer journey up and around and then back down to get to the courthouse.
We found out on the way that the judge we were supposed to see is out until next Tuesday...oops! But we went to the courthouse anyway because our orphanage thought they could still get us in to do what needs to be done...which really just amounts to a clerk copying some pages in our passports. Ugh. After waiting a half hour, the director of our orphanage called and said it simply wasn't going to happen today. She'd been on the phone for 30 minutes trying to make it work and it was out of the question.
So, we'll find out tomorrow whether or not we'll get special permission to go back to Port au Prince tomorrow and have a different clerk from a different court do it for us....or, someone from each family has to stay until next Tuesday and try it again when the judge gets back to town.
Honestly, I don't even know what to pray for right now so pray as you feel God leading you. In some ways, its best to just get it done tomorrow. That saves, time, money, and complications in so many ways. However, it also takes away our only full day at the orphanage and means that our time with our girls will be drastically reduced tomorrow. That makes me sad. The idea of one of us staying means that one of us would get more time with them but obviously makes everything more complicated.
As far as seeing the girls today, we've gotten to see glimpses of Chelley coming and going from her class with her school mates. Their classroom is on the main floor of the guest house in which we are staying. So, that has brought joy to my heart and she's given us a couple of smiles in those interactions today. The plan is to hang out with her from 3-5 pm in her environment, called the Toddler House, which we didn't get to see at all yesterday. Can't wait to see her in her space, with her friends. Then tonight we'll have dinner at the main house and hopefully get a little bit of time with Naika before bed.
That's what I know for now. Thanks for your love and your prayers!
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