Got to get you into my life

Yesterday we found out it may be possible for us to adopt a 4 year old girl in Poland with Down Syndrome. She is a girl we had inquired about a while back, but they told us "no" because Poland likes for the adopted child to become the youngest in the family. Stupid rule in my opinion. We even tried using the excuse that these boys are still in legal state's custody, and don't "belong" to us yet. They still said no. I got an email yesterday saying they are reconsidering. They have decided maybe they need to be a bit more lenient with special needs children, and that the youngest child rule should only apply to biological children of the adopting family. YAY! We have still not gotten a final "yes", but we are hopeful. It just feels like she belongs here. Her name is Kasia. Slooks like she's a little spit fire. She has dark brown hair and Electric Blue eyes. Such a little doll.

Daniel came to visit last night. He'll be here for 2 weeks. He is so much fun to be around. Last night at prayer time, after the boys said their prayers, We asked Daniel to say the family prayer. When he was done, Luke said "good boy, Daniel!" It was so cute. Then this morning while the boys were eating breakfast, luke was looking at a package of wipes that had a picture of a baby on it. He pointed to it and said "that's Ookie". That is how he says his name - Ookie. He is doing really well with his "L" sounds, except in his own name. anyway, after he said that, Terry said "no Luke, that's not you. That baby is white, and you are brown". It is so interesting when they start noticing the difference. We tell him that God "upgraded" them to a lovely shade of brown. They are such beautiful boys, they could be green with purple polka dots and they'd still be beautiful.

We also decided to sponsor a boy in Africa so he can go to school. His name is Aristide, and I included his picture. He is so handsome! He will be entering the 9th grade. I found him through the website for Until All Have Homes. That is the site we initially found Elena on, so I trust them. When they say 100% of the money goes to the child, they mean it. We are busy saving every penny for our upcoming adoptions (hopefully there will be 2), but I kept having such a strong feeling that if we continued to give, the Lord would continue to bless us, and we'd be able to have the money needed to adopt. It's another one of those "feel your way" kind of things. I hope I can continue to "feel" my way through these adoptions.

Here's hoping we have 2 girls home by Christmas!!