Friday, November 30, 2007
We Arrive Safely
We arrived safely a little later than planned, but everything worked out really well. We all enjoyed the mass of Guatemalans that welcomed us in at the airport especially Mom and Dad who were waiting for us in the sea of beautiful, brown faces. We walked around town after having a little rest, tried to find the mall, and ended up at the Marriot. It brought back lots of memories for Ken and I. We enjoyed supper there and then walked home in the little daylight that was left. Dad is lying wasted on the bed and longing for a cold diet pepsi! I think we will call it an early night. We leave at 8am in the morning for Antigua. We are looking forward to seeing more of the country and of the people. We hope to post pictures tomorrow evening.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The Journey Begins
The journey officially began in July after months of praying and pondering. There were many questions to be pondered and yet the time comes to step out in faith. Knowing that Guatemalan adoptions were beginning to be unstable at best, we felt God leading us to try to bring one more child home to our family. Yes, Ken is on the other side of 40 and yes, Kathy can barely keep up now; but what is life all about anyway. God needs us and uses us in the lives of those who need fathers and mothers so we said, Yes!
To make a long story short, we accepted our referral of a 7 month little girl that we named Kami Rae the beginning of October and sent our final paperwork to Guatemala to be translated and registered.We are still in the beginning processes but things are progressing. We have decided to make a "visit" trip so we leave Fri, Nov 30, for Guatemala City. Mom and Dad Riffey are going with us. We meet up in Guatemala City a little after noon on friday to begin our adventrues. We did very little sight seeing when we went to pick up Brett and Briana so the weekend will be spent touring Antigua, the old capital city, and Lake Atitlan. We hope to bring pictures and stories home to our children about the culture and people of their native country. On Monday Kami will be brought to us and she will be with us until Friday morning. We leave Friday afternoon for home.
Please pray for safety in our journeys, Kami's adjustment for the week, and our children left at home to be spoiled by aunts and uncles.
To make a long story short, we accepted our referral of a 7 month little girl that we named Kami Rae the beginning of October and sent our final paperwork to Guatemala to be translated and registered.We are still in the beginning processes but things are progressing. We have decided to make a "visit" trip so we leave Fri, Nov 30, for Guatemala City. Mom and Dad Riffey are going with us. We meet up in Guatemala City a little after noon on friday to begin our adventrues. We did very little sight seeing when we went to pick up Brett and Briana so the weekend will be spent touring Antigua, the old capital city, and Lake Atitlan. We hope to bring pictures and stories home to our children about the culture and people of their native country. On Monday Kami will be brought to us and she will be with us until Friday morning. We leave Friday afternoon for home.
Please pray for safety in our journeys, Kami's adjustment for the week, and our children left at home to be spoiled by aunts and uncles.
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