And We're Off!

We finally got the phonecall yesterday morning and we are heading to Ghana to meet our little girl ... tomorrow!  Yes, nothing like 2 days notice to pull it all together but things are falling into place.  Our court date has been set for May 26th and we need to be in the country 5 business days before that.  So, right after we land on Monday (1:20pm Ghana time, 8:20am Central) they will bring us to meet her!  We are nervous, excited, grateful, sad to be leaving the other 3 kids for 10 days ... just a ball of emotions going on right now.

Please pray for safe travels, health for all of us, low anxiety for Robin (Is that possible?? Only with God's help!).  Pray for our little girl, that she will bond well with us and enjoy the time we have together even though she will not understand us.  Pray that the language of bubbles, coloring books, hugs, swimming, etc. will be enough for her to feel and see our love for her.  Pray for the judge, lawyers, and paperwork to all fall into place and to go smoothly.  Pray for Braden, Caris & Cade.  We have never been away more than 5 nights and Cade was too young to even remember that time.  Pray that they will enjoy their time with the family and friends that will be caring for them and pray that we can do some Facetime with them while we are there.

We will get to spend 8 days with her and then we will have to leave her there while we return home to work on acquiring her US visa.  Please pray for understanding and peace for her to know we ARE coming back for her as soon as we can.  It will probably take another 4-6 months before we have her home.

I will try to update our blog several times while we are in Ghana so stay tuned!

Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support,

Greg & Robin