Been awhile...

You could read a million books, get you bachelors and masters in counseling, prepare for over four years and still be so unprepared to bring home a sweet, innocent little seven year old girl.  This has been the most humbling, heartbreaking, honoring, and happy experience of our lives.  No one could ever prepare you enough to bring a little child into your family one who can't trust, speak your language, understand your habits and ways, who doesn't understand love, who has survived seven years with coping habits, and so much more.  No one could!  Only God!  And still we are not doing this on our own every second of the day we have to remind ourselves about our calling.  We are called to our girl. Jesus made her for us.

Please remind me of this Lord when I don't get any sleep, when I have to lovingly disapline a child who has been physically and emotionally scarred throughout her young life,  when I get so frusterated with myself for my own stubbornness and selfishness, when all I can do is hold her even though she is mad and rebelling against me, and when all I can do is stare at her face and wonder what she has seen.

Haddie girl you are loved, have been by our God since birth and by us for over 5 years now.  You are worth the sleepless nights, the humbling on our own parts, and change that happens with a new child. You are worth it all and so much more.  Thank you for being so brave.

Non-stop...Amazing Race over for the Moore Family

So it has seriously been non-stop since the passport.  Once we got to Delhi we made our appointments and Monday we got done early at her medical check so we thought hey lets try for the visa.  Well God blessed that and in a couple hours we had the visa in our hands so we thought why don't we just begin the FRRO process.  So over to that office after picking up her Visa paperwork.  So the Visa was a miracle they had it within a couple hours and it usually takes 24 hours.  God moved yet another mountain for this!!  So at the FRRO office (this is the office to get an exit permit for Andrew and I) we began the process that usually takes a few days.  This was the one hurdle I was not looking forward to the FRRO is my nemesis.

That is part of the Cara office in Delhi, just another spot we had to drop by on our race to get the FRRO.  Well with everything going so fast we decided we would change our flights and get home the next day.  The FRRO was not happy about this but instead of getting mad I prayed and God gave me peace that it would all work out, and right before they closed we had our exit permits in had and were taking off the next morning to come home.

We left at 4 am Wednesday morning for Arizona.  This was a surprise trip so we didn't tell anyone but my mom of course because she was watching the four back home.  So 30 hours later we landed in Arizona; totally worth all the change fees to be home two days earlier then scheduled.  OH and I Love the USA!!!!  Haddie knew all the kids from our twice a day facetime sessions.  She couldn't stop laughing and giggling and shaking from pure joy until jet lag hit.  She is amazingly adjusted to the family and happy to be home.  She has blossomed it's truly amazing!!

Haddie Bharathi Moore is home, happy, loved, and oh so wonderful.  Thank you Lord for your never ending faithfulness and the amazing mountains you have moved the last month.  You alone are unfailing and awesome!!!