Day 15

Ok so today we went out a baby house here in Uganda. After a 2 hour drive we got out there and meet one of the workers who knew a little about us and our situation. She got us an application and and our situation. She got us an application and we filled it out. Once the application was filled out we then had the first moment of fear since we have been here in Uganda. It scared us and paralyzed us. We literally sat there the talking about if we should just both go home. After about 10 minutes of this, the lady that handed us the applications came back and grabbed the application along with our home study and references. We waited for about an hour for the director of the house. She showed up and then took us into the office to talk with us for about forty-five minutes asking questions talking about the process and the baby house. She shortly then pulled out the fill of all the boys that they had at the house. She told us that they had two boys that meet the qualifications of our home study. The one was 2 years and the other was 3.5 years old. We told her that we had determined in our heart before we even had talked to anyone about it that we would take the youngest of the kids if an option was presented. So she read us his file and then called for another worker to go get him. After about 10 minutes the worker walked in and put this cute little boy on Tiffany’s lap. We looked at each other and knew that we were both on the same page. There was no doubt in our mind and no fear in our heart at that moment. We then talked with the lady for about 10 to 15 minutes more and then took Elliot (we will call him Ryder) back to his bedroom where the kids were snacking. He inhaled four pieces of pineapple, and pounded his milk down. We then went back and finalized information with the director prior to heading back to our house. We then went back and took a few photos for everyone back home and our own record.So with this our hearts are over excited and know that God has a plan. Given the fact that Aaron will still be able to travel as he had previously planned and we will be able proceed with the guardianship. We are so thankful for everything and are overjoyed to see the outcome.
Well, we are sitting here in our room having some quiet time with God, just thanking him for his grace and blessing on our lives. We are truly amazed at the journey that we are on, and we know that all you who have been reading this on a regular basis feel as though you have been through the ringer with us. But the amazing the joy of the Lord that Tiffany and I feel. We have gotten countless emails about how your hearts are hurting with us. The great thing is that God has guarded our heart and we feel some pain but we are more overcome with excitement about what God has in store for us.As we were sitting we realized that if my flight would not have changed Tiffany would be here in Uganda by herself and I would be in Amsterdam waiting for my flight back to America to leave not having a clue of anything going on. I cannot imagine having Tiffany go through this process by herself. We are so grateful that God stepped in and changed our plans.Along those lines, I cannot help but share something with you that God showed to Tiffany. Before we left, Tiffany was laying a baby into a crib and as she was laying that baby in the crib God spoke to her saying, "I have a better plan." Tiffany figured at that moment that it had to do with the change to parenthood that we are undertaking. Then yesterday as we are driving back to the house were we are staying from the US Embassy, knowing that the next step for us would be to hand Ethan back over. God spoke that same word, "I have a better plan." In that moment Tiffany realized that when God first spoke the word to her He was referring to the path that we are now on.No one could expect the peace that we both feel at this moment, all we know is that we are in God's hands and He is taking care of us. We may not hear all your prayers but I assure you that God does and that we are definitely feeling them every moment of the day.