Gotcha Day Revisited
It was a year ago . . .
I woke up at 4am, tossed and turned, got up at 5am and wrote this:
"Six yours people . . . did you hear that? Six HOURS, not months, not weeks, not even days. Six HOURS. Freak Out. This is it . . . Katie Mei Day. Can't wait to meet her. Can't wait to be her Mommy. God is good."
By 8am our entire group was down at breakfast. I'm not sure we ate anything, but we were together. We regrouped after breakfast in one of the guys rooms and looked at eachother, called homes, emailed loved ones, and just tried to pass the time.
By 11am we were all loading onto the bus and driving across town to the Civil Affairs Office in Nanchang. We entered the office and paced floors, sat around, and almost hyperventilated.
I have endured labor twice - once without drugs - but I've got to say, sitting in a hot, muggy room in China, waiting for your child to arrive and be handed to you - it rivals even the most intense labor I've ever experienced!
Finally the moment arrived, the girls were here! There was only one screaming . . . and she was in the back of the line . . . and she was ours . . . 
The next 30 minutes or so are a blur. I know we tried in vain to comfort her . . . no amount of cheerios, toys, singing or rocking would calm that big bundle of screaming down! Katie was so hot, so confused, so terrified, so sad . . . it was almost unbearable.
We know now she had just endured a 2-3 hour drive from the orphanage in a car with 2 women and 4 babies. We know now she was dressed in 2 layers in 90+ degree heat - the top layer being wool. We know now she had spent the first 9 months being loved and spoiled by her foster mommy and had just spent the last 3 months screaming and fussing at the orphanage. We know now that she must have thought this was the absolute worst day of her life.
But she was wrong.
What she thought was intended for her harm . . .
God meant for her good . . .
And not just for her good that first day . . . but for every day there after . . .
May 18, 2006
June, 2006
July, 2006
August, 2006
September, 2006
October, 2006
November, 2006
December, 2006
January, 2007
February, 2007
March, 2007
April, 2007
May, 2007
Psalm 68:6 . . .
"He sets the lonely in families . . . ."
God is good.
Very good.
