Today is officially our last day here for trip one.
There is so much I want to write about
We just want to go home. So much has happened we cant really write about here. All that is fair to say is that many things happen to try to keep these kids here.
Someone once told me There is a battle in the heavenlies for these children and she is right. We know that the Lord has brought us this far, and whatever happens in the next 24 hours until we are leaving this apartment and get on that plane, He knows and will be with us through it.
Yesterday our 14 1/2 year old son told us he wants to leave today just one (by himself) and go see friends he has not seen in a few years. And he wants to meet them immediately before our Embassy appointment to pick up his Visa. The Mama in me says NOOOOO they will try to talk you out of coming home with us. But when I take my emotions out of this, I know he needs closure too. And I also know he is used to running the streets of
I have been battling fear since he told me of his wish to do this. Last night I asked him are you coming back with tears in my eyes? He looked at me like I had 3 heads and said well where would I sleep? Meaning if he did not come back where would he sleep. I guess thats as close to a yes as I am going to get for now. He says he will only be gone 1 hour and promises to be back before the taxi gets here to take us to the Embassy.
Our son has great courage. If he can cross the ocean two times, the first time to stay with a family he does not even know at the age of 13 for 5 weeks in a different country, can I not be courageous and let him go for one hour to get closure? He is now giving up his whole life, all he has ever known to be our son and begin a new life in
He trusts us to love him and take care of him and never send him away. I will need to trust him for one hour and keep his promise to me.
So, I will trust him and trust Him to take care of our son.
Please pray for peace for us while we wait and peace for him as he says his good byes.