David called about 10:30 and said he had talked with the orphanage and that Jake was already there and doing well. He gave us a few details about Jake's formula. We didn't know if he is still on it or not, but apparently he is and drinking lots of it. Might explain why it looks like from the pictures that we have gotten that he is a nice size 2 year old. Apparently we can't get this type of formula from the Walmart down the street so the orphanage is sending us with 4 packets of formula. David wanted to know if that would be enough for our trip. He asked me!!! Isn't that funny. Formula here isn't the same thing as formula in the US. It's not at all similar I hear. Even if I could look at the packet, I couldn't read it!! And he didn't tell me the packet sizes or how much he drank a day or anything. This already makes me laugh (which is a God thing). Plus it's been a while since I've had a baby and mixed formula. But I handled it...no problem, because we'll learn more when the ayis and orphanage director get here plus when we meet the foster family. We'll not have to use bottled water for him since David says he's used to tap water. Oh my!! I've already packed our bag for the trip to the civil affairs office tomorrow. My stomach is in knots. This is like having a baby, but so much more. I feel sort of exposed the same way. There will be at least 3 other non-family people here watching how this all goes. And we already get so many stares...add to that a precious Chinese boy. OH....I learned something else that's the same in all languages....A SMILE!!! Praise God for that. At first I was so scared that I didn't want to look anyone in the eye. But perfect love cast out fear. Now I just smile so big and let the love of Christ permeate through my face and heart to everyone that passes. Some smile back...others glare.
Okay, so this morning my sweet God spoke to me in my usual place (several of you moms will relate to the shower being a place of solitude and reflection). My prayers are so gutteral right now. Not beautiful or eloquent. We can't manipulate God with our prayers but just call out to Him for help anyhow and that's about all that I can utter right now. I wasn't really thinking though on this heavily but just somehow feeling disappointed in my prayers but that still small voice spoke to my heart again and reminded me of you all. I know many are praying and covering us in prayer. How can I thank you?? But God just let me know that it was okay and that that's what the body of Christ is for. I was so grateful. He is so precious and faithful to me. He has been faithful to meet us at our point of need in so many ways in the last 5 years and one of them has been to have folks come alongside us. We have been so needy and broken. Thank you to you all. We are very grateful.
We'll meet our new little guy in about 1 hour 15 minutes though I'm not looking at the clock:)
We're so excited! Praying for you daily and so blessed by your blog posts!! I can hear your "voice" as I read every line. {{{Hugs}}}
ReplyDeleteHey Kimberly, I hope you get this message soon, but don't listen to the guide saying to use tap water--do NOT use tap water for the formula that has not been boiled. There can be giardia in it and no one gets used to that--they just get a parasite from it. He can use tap water rather than bottled but it needs to be boiled in the hot pot first, not straight from the tap. I can't wait to read more! I'm about to read the posts from where you have him!
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