December 28th is a special day in the family. Not only is it Viktor's birthday (Samuel's cousin, Happy Birthday Viktor), but it is the day that Andreas and I landed in Nepal and received our baby boy in 2005. We received the call on December 21st that we could finally go to Nepal and bring Samuel home. All of Samuel's papers were signed and stamped on December 25th (besides Jesus, that was the best Christmas present ever!) We flew out of Lexington, KY on December 26th and arrived in Kathmandu on December 28th. Exhausted, excited, amazed, delirious........we signed all the papers we needed to, went to the orphanage, and took him back to our hotel with us. He was a little scared, but we all took a nap and he soon warmed up! He has been with us since that day, never to be called an orphan again.
We say a special thank you to the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare in Nepal for all of their work with the children in Nepal and the adoptive parents. We also say a special thank you for all the children's home workers, caretakers and adoption lawyers. You have a special job and we thank you for doing it well.
This picture was taken during the adoption process. He is about 9 months here. He cannot sit up, but he can army crawl.
This is one of my favorite pictures of him. This was taken in the hotel room a few days after we picked him up.
Samuel today. He is such a big boy now. Amazing how things change and yet stay the same.
Now Sam has a camera...we will start blogging some of his pictures soon.
Now as we remember how wonderful it was to pick up Sam, we wait for Jane. We are so excited for the time when we can go back to Nepal and pick up our little girl. Our son is especially impatient right now, he continually states that he wants his sister. We pray that all of you in the process of adoption are given a special patience and peace to endure the wait. I can promise all of you that it is well worth the pain and agony of the wait. The moment they are in your arms, the pain disappears and the joy continues on.... May you all trust Jesus to get you through.
Now as we remember how wonderful it was to pick up Sam, we wait for Jane. We are so excited for the time when we can go back to Nepal and pick up our little girl. Our son is especially impatient right now, he continually states that he wants his sister. We pray that all of you in the process of adoption are given a special patience and peace to endure the wait. I can promise all of you that it is well worth the pain and agony of the wait. The moment they are in your arms, the pain disappears and the joy continues on.... May you all trust Jesus to get you through. 
2 comments:
Thanks for the words of encouragement as we are waiting to one day meet our child!!
How lovely to read your blog. We, Heather and Andrew Robinson, are PAPs to Nepal. Our dossier was registered with the Ministry on 12/15/09.
I loved seeing pictures of your son, and fully received your encouragement about waiting. It is just what I needed to hear! Bless you abundantly. And if you'd like to see our blog, the address is: http://cheekyrobinsons.blogspot.com/.
Sincerely,
Heather (USA - Washington)
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