Hey,
Just wanted to post and let everyone know we've not heard a thing about getting back into PGN. I know they did not take time off for Thanksgiving so, hoping to hear from the agency on Monday when they return to thier office. Our attorney hoped to ahve us back in by today or by the first of next week. Last Sunday afternoon, we had the opportunity to call Levi's foster mom with the help of a translator. Levi was playing and laughing and she held the phone to him so he could hear me talking to him. We were able to talk to her longer than we ever have and although emotional once I got off the phone, great to get the chance to talk to her instead of email and of course to hear Levi happy and playful. She said he had been sick with stomach problems the night before and was up all night. She had planned to take him to the doctor to be checked Monday morning. I was supposed to get an email on Tuesday but, haven't yet. My email has been down off and on for the past few days so, I don't know if I may have missed it or not.
As for Thanksgiving, we had a better day than I expected. It was hard because everyone had convinced me Levi would be home by then and that I needed to believe it. I did that and when he wasn't here it left me just disappointed in the end. I know it wasn't meant to be that way so, we wait and try to be patient and have faith. We are planning to send Levi and his foster family some gifts fro Christmas. still no word about Nancy's case for Isaac either so, maybe they'll hear they are out soon with no more kick outs. Keep us all in your prayers. - Tracy
1 Samuel 1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him
Levi
Our Adoption Story
Levi was born on April 21, 2007 in Chinautla, Guatemala, a small town known for pottery. He weighed 6.7 pounds and was 19.7 inches long. He was in private foster care in Guatemala City where he lived for 10 1/2 months with his foster mom, her son and daughter and Isaac, his foster brother. Throughout our difficult adoption journey, Isaac's mom, Nancy and I became very good friends. God placed our boys together and had the perfect plan in place long before we ever realized it. When I was undecided on an adoption agency, I joined an online forum where Nancy provided me with information about her agency and recommended them to us. We decided to sign with the same agency and I emailed Nancy back to let her know. Over a few months we emailed back and forth to learn we were both from TN and lived only 30 minutes apart... we thought wow, it's a small world. Little did we know a few months later we'd both get referrals, earlier than we expected, of 2 beautiful Guatemalan angels. When they turned 2 months old our agency called and decided it was time to tell us that they were in the same foster home together and had been since they were 1 day old. We were amazed they were together. Even more so, God amazed us once again when we learned shortly after that they were born on the same day and were from the same town... no longer a coincidence that was for sure. We were being told by the foster mom how attached they were and acted like brothers. But, Nancy and I got the chance in January '08 to go to visit them and see it for ourselves. It was an amazing time of bonding with our boys that we will never forget. After that trip it seemed when one of us would reach a roadblock in the crazy process of international adoption the other would be delayed with something else. We stayed right together until the very day we picked them both up. We had our US Embassy appts the same day and we flew home through Atlanta on the same flight on March 11, 2008 when they both entered the US as citizens! It was an awesome time for us in the Atlanta Airport when we rec'd the congrats they were official! We've made friends for life with Nancy, Eric, and with Isaac's extended families. We look forward to many years of watching them both grow up so close together. Over the past year, as we went through battle after battle to bring our boys home, Nancy and I both would never think of one without the other in our endless prayers to keep them safe, happy and healthy until they could be home with their forever families. We're finally parents and it's what we've both waited for, for so many years.. our families are finally complete!!!
Friday, November 23, 2007
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