Baby Showers of Blessings

This past Monday night some friends from our church (check it out at www.wyrchurch.com) gave us a baby shower! We also combined it as a benefit for Home of Hope, the orphanage where Moses lives. What a blessing! Not only did Moses get some very cute clothes (I love boy clothes!), but we were overwhelmed with everyone's generousity towards the orphanage. We got lots of blankets, clothes, shoes, and a few toys to bring with us. Some of our friends chipped in money to help us buy a video camera, since our old one was stolen on a missions trip to the Ukraine. We found the neatest little camera made by Kodak. It's about the size of a Blackberry phone and it's so inexpensive and simple to use. I really wanted to be able to capture as much as we can of Rwanda for Moses, and thanks to our dear friends, that is possible.

We also found out on Monday that we'll travel the first week of September and come home about two weeks later. AWAA referred us to an excellent travel agent who's doing a fantastic job finding us reasonably priced tickets. So now the excitement really begins! I've started packing bags for the orphanage (mostly because all the donations were overwhelming my couch and they needed to go somewhere else). All that's left to do is malaria medication and last minute paperwork.

Evey morning when I turn the computer on, sweet Moses' face pops up on my screen. Our girls run over to the computer shouting, "Hi Moses! Good morning Moses! We love you Moses! You're coming home soon!" and that is quickly followed by Trina (the 2 year old) saying, "Me hold him. Me hold him." She is so excited to hold her little brother! I don't have the heart to tell her that he is nearly as big as she is, and I'm sure he will pass her up in a year or so. We are continuing to pray for the transition from being a 2 to 3 children family. The girls get to stay with Papa and Grandma (Grandma is unequivocally at the top of Trina's favorite person list) while we're away. A fellow adoptive friend of mine gave me the suggestion to leave small presents (like from the Dollar Store) for our kids at home to open every few days while we are away. I think it's a great idea and have stocked up on new coloring books, pretty hair ties, and fingernail polish. Girly heaven!

Rwanda or bust!