Hello From Ohio

We arrived safely Sunday evening. God gave us traveling mercies. According to Avery, Paw followed the "destructions" and got us to "Whateversville" quickly!

It's been amazingly relaxing. The weather is a good 15-20 degrees cooler than Kentucky with NO humidity (my curly hair is LoViNg it here!). We sit outside a lot, listening to the tinkling wind chimes. I'm able to focus a bit more on the kids than I have in recent weeks. We've had some sweet times so far.

Daniel is golfing with Paw today. I plan on doing a bit of shopping. We're all reading good books. I've used the opportunity to catch up on my quiet Bible time. God is meeting me in these quiet moments that I've desperately needed. Plus, my mom has great books lying around!

I feel guilty for leaving my man behind to handle the stress, but he'll be here as soon as he can, and he's accomplished a lot without us there.

Today, I think of my Haitian baby that I've never even touched. He's 22 months old today, marching toward 2! An employee from our agency is traveling to Haiti in July so I'll ease some of my heart ache by shopping for him today. I never would have imagined being in IBESR this long. Never. If I think about it too long, I get nauseous, so, I'll move on to happy thoughts....like how he seems to love wheels! I'm going to find him some little cars to play with.

I miss him SO much. Our agency has inquired this week about our case, so maybe we'll hear something, though I'm confident that they would contact us, should we make any progress. No news is simply that. I'm aware that I need to up my prayers toward this end, but the more I pray, the more it's on the forefront of my mind and the pain is excruciating. So, lately I've been trusting that the LORD knows my heart and desire and laying it down, because it wears me out otherwise.