Second Visit

Today we got to go visit our girl again!  Not knowing what to expect since yesterday went so well.  We were told that sometimes that happens and then the second visit not so well.  This would be very common. 


As we got there we got a little smile and then it took about 15 minutes for her to warm up to us.  She was considerably more tired today and a little more clingy to her foster mother.  The night before she had stayed up until 12 playing with her foster sisters.  They are all very sad.  It just really crushes me to see them upset.  Today her sweet foster mother began to cry on the couch and Sadie got up and walked over to her.  She is really sensing that something is happening.  


Today we go and say goodbye to her foster mother and take her back to the hotel with us.  We are so filled with every kind of emotion possible.  This precious FM has loved her like her own.  Sadie has been her little buddy for the last 15+ months.  This woman could not have done a better job with Sadie and preparing Sadie for her transition.  But it is going to be very hard! 


Yesterday, Stella, our social worker here in HK took us to her office to give us the necessary paperwork to travel home and......she gave us a life book for Sadie.  We have a book that is filled with pictures documenting every month since she was born until the present....because of her foster mom.  If that wasn't enough, she is giving us several cd's filled with pictures that the foster mom has taken since her birth!!  We were overwhelmed!  We are so thankful to Stella and her foster mom for taking the time, caring for Sadie, and giving us this priceless gift that we will treasure and that Sadie will love as she gets older!


We are really enjoying our time here in HK but we are ready to get home and to have our children meet their new little sister! We miss our kids!!!!!   We can't wait to introduce our new little addition!


Right now I am fighting a bunch of different emotions because in a few short hours we go to say goodbye to the only family Sadie has known.  I am all over the place with this and dreading that goodbye.  We CAN'T wait to get our girl!!  Also though this mother has just loved so unbelievably and we are reaping the benefits from the time and love that she has put into raising Sadie.  There is not a doubt in my mind that Sadie will struggle, cry, maybe even withdraw a little because her attachment to her FM is so strong.  She NEEDS to do this.  She needs to grieve.  She will attach again to us but it will be a process.  One that we will work very hard to form.


Will you pray for us today?  Our hearts are soooo excited to get our baby girl but we are definitely struggling with the goodbye part.  We feel so connected to this foster mother for all that she has been and is.  She is such a sweet spirit and to have watched the way she has interacted with Sadie these past few days has been a privilege.  God answered the prayers we had for a loving environment and care for our baby girl as we waited on the other side of the world.  We are humbled by His amazing love. ( I am having a very hard time uploading pics for some reason:(  I will try again later)


He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.  Psalm 147:3


And my God will meet your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:19


Great is our Lord and mighty in Power; his understanding has no limit.  Psalm 147:5