Coming up on Day 10 of our wait!!

Today was a good day. Last night, Natalie and Benjamin spent the night with us. This morning, we got up, had some breakfast, got dressed and headed out about 10:00. We were picking Natalie's friend, N, up at the internat around 10:00. We could not locate a taxi driver, so we walked to the internat in hopes that we would have a driver to the mall. After picking up N, who was looking so cute, we headed out. Both girls were really excited about the planned day and I couldn't help but get emotional in the car ride over. We had talked with our friend, Cathy, earlier and she was meeting us at the mall with her friend and D. We did eventually get 2 taxis to take us to the mall. We met up with Cathy and her crew. It was so good to hear a southern accent!!! (She's from Kentucky)

We got all the kids set up to ice skate and we caught up with Cathy over some coffee and juice. The kids had so much fun skating together. D is pretty good at it and our 4 are getting better each time we go. Caleb now wants ice skating lessons "in case he is invited to an ice skating birthday party!" From there, we headed to the arcade for a little time on the games. All of the kids got along great and it was fun to watch them all interact.

After this we went to McDonalds for some food and ice cream. At this point, we split up. Cathy and her friend volunteered to take all the boys with them to the park and David and I took Natalie and N to our flat- which is where they wanted to go. At the flat, the girls took a bath, played outside a little, ate some snacks, watched the movie Spirit, and I painted their nails. N is really a sweet and quiet girl. She has visited the States before and Cathy knew her.

We called Cathy to check on our 3 boys and found out that Jacob had fallen and scraped up his hand and elbow pretty good. Cathy was prepared and took care of him. If I haven't said this before, I will say it now. I pray that Jacob and Caleb come home healthy and without too many cuts and scrapes!!!!

It was time to go and pick up our sons and we found them at Cathy's watching a video. We walked all the kids back to the internat and it started to rain lightly. Benjamin was a little sad and after talking to him, I feel pretty sure it was because he was heading back to the internat and not our flat. I walked him back to his room and as I was leaving, he called out to me "Mom!" I looked back and he was smiling and waving bye! Sweet thing! We went back to Cathy's to chat and pick up some chocolates she brought for us from home to give as gifts. Then headed home for showers and bed.

Tomorrow is day 10 of our 10 day wait!!!! Tuesday is a big day for paperwork. Please pray that we will get all documents that need to be completed on Tuesday done, which will allow us to start processing the kids' passports on Wednesday. This is so heavy on my heart, but I do know that God works all things for good and I pray that I will rest in His sovereignty.