Speechless....

All blessing, honor and glory to our God!  Well after a rough night of listening to the Hindu festival drums all night, finding out our court date was pushed back because of a Muslim holiday and feeling homesick; we got the best news ever.  We were going to meet our Haddie girl.  But before I get into that I would like to mention some of the things the Lord has taught me thus far.  Listening to the drums all night really wears you down especially when you know that they are celebrating and worshiping so many false gods.  The sadness, anger, and brokenness is overwhelming.  It reminded me of the battle of Jericho and how God used the marching and trumpets to bring down the walls.  Oh  how I wanted to run out there and shout I have the one true God let me tell you about Him!  He has also taught me why He had the book of Leviticus written, never before did I understand until coming here and seeing what happens when people do not know about cleanliness, and the many different topics mentioned in God's Law.  The brokenness, lostness, and hopelessness that I see in some of these people is overwhelming.  But when I think about the hope we saw when we went to church, that was amazing!!! Haddie's people are beautifully and wonderfully made and oh so deservant of the love that God has for them.  If only they knew...

As for Haddie, WOW!  When she walked into the room it was like we were dreaming.  I just wanted to run over scoop her up and comfort her but her poor little body was shaking from fear and her beautiful brown eyes looked through us afraid of what do or look at.  Until we brought out the bubbles and of course daddy knows how to get kids to smile.  Her first smiles happened when Andrew was playing bubbles with her.  I had the honor of making some of those smiles on the swings, surreal!

This is Hadassah Bharathi Moore our daughter.  

https://g.co/kgs/gUJLHz.   Our song throughout this.

Day four...before meeting Haddie

Quiet, Reserved, and Timid

Three descriptions of Haddie that we have received from people that have had the privilege of meeting this little girl.

It breaks my heart to think why she is quiet. I wonder if she feels that she is not worth the attention of others. If only she knew. If only she knew that I would listen to her for hours. I’d listen to all of her hopes, dreams, and thoughts to no end. If only she knew how much the Creator of this world values her.

And reserved?  Not a bad characteristic I like to think, yetreservation out of fear is what I fear. What and who does she fear? I hate to think about her fears and how she has learned them. If only she knew. If only she knew that I would protect her with every ounce of my strength. If only she knew how powerful her God is.

I think the timid description is the hardest to hear. What circumstances made this little girl timid? How will she learn to be unashamed of who she is? If only she knew. If only she knew how much we love her and accept her. If only she knew that God has a wonderful purpose for her life.

The transition of her life as an orphan to one seated firmly inside of a loving family will not be easy. Getting her home is the first step! Our court date has been rescheduled for tomorrow. Please pray that the judge and court system are moved to grant Rachel and I custody tomorrow. Occasionally our kids will group together and have “mega-prayers”. Now would be a great time for one!

On a lighter note. Rachel, myself, and our friend Josie went exploring in Hyderabad. I can only start to describe it as something out of a movie that I will probably never forget for the rest of my life.

Written by Andrew

The above pictures are after a taxi driver drops us off in the middle of one of the dangerous streets of Hyderabad after we asked him to take us shopping, lol.  We ended up here and let's just say a crazy white man was in the middle of the road asking all the rickshaw drivers to take us to our hotel for 1000 rupees.  Well this guy did, lol.  Safe and sound.  Thank the Lord!!

Day three...Oh wow God you are GOOD

All glory and honor to our Lord!  Today is only half over but has been one of the single most amazing days in my life.  We ventured out of our shell today and took uber to meet some of the wonderful ladies from Sarah's Covenant Homes at Fusion church in Hyderabad.  This was completely amazing! We got to worship in song with amazing people and the sermon was incredible.  Funny thing is he spoke on control and how we so want to control everything in our lives.  And how we need to learn to give God all control this will lessen our stress and anxiety.  Seriously!!! Lord your timing is spectacular!!

Throughout our four year road I tried to have control over everything that happened or didn't happen. It wasn't until I gave up that control did I come to realize God has had this the entire time.  Amazing what could have been if I learned that in the beginning, lol.  Well on to the pictures...

This one is from the church we went to today. 

Please continue to pray for our safety, health, Haddie's transition, and our transition, and that our process be done in a timely manner.  Please keep Haddie's brothers and sister in your prayers also, they are missing thier mom and dad.  Thank you again for your prayers and love.  

Day one and two of our trip!

Well we made it!  We traveled for 27 hours, 3 planes, a couple layovers, and many hours in lines.  So many things to praise the Lord about.  We got through every checkpoint line and security line without any extra searches or hassle.  All our flights were on time or minimal wait time.   Our health was perfect and we feel great.  God moved the mountains where they needed to be moved and helped us move right along on our journey here.

The only incredibly crazy moment was on the way over to the hotel.  We went with a prepaid taxi and wow!!! Let me just say going 120mph, beeping throughout, swerving, and brake slamming went on.  I honestly had to close my eyes and pray that the Lord didn't bring us all the way to India to die in a car crash on the way to the hotel.  He is faithful though and we made it to the hotel safe and sound with only a few nerves rattled, mostly mine.  Andrew thought he was on a carnival ride, LOL.

Seriously though God has had this all in His hands and I have not at one moment doubted His provision and protection in all of this.  We are so grateful for His protection and provision thus far...

So we are sitting in the same city as our youngest child, Haddie.  We try to imagine how she must be doing and thinking.  Finding it hard not to just run over to the orphanage and hug her right now.  But with the holiday it is looking like we will have to wait a couple more days.  Ugh!! We are going to try to get over there earlier but we will see God has this.  In the mean time...we are catching up on sleep and orienting ourselves with the fine town of Hyderabad.

Please be praying for our first meeting with our daughter, and our court date on Tuesday the 13th.  We are so grateful to each one of you whom have been praying, donated and helped us get here.

More to come....

One day till we fly!!!!

Honestly I am still waiting for the email that says it was a mistake and that it isn't time yet, but no such thing Praise the Lord!!  We are almost all packed, my mom is here to take over my duties, and Andrew has all his work things in order to be gone for awhile.  This is such a surreal feeling.  For four years I would sit and imagine how this is going to feel and now as I sit preparing to fly on Thursday; and I am almost floating through it.

Honestly God has this, all my worrying, frustrations and disappointments of the last four years seem to be so far behind me.  This is what I have learned through this whole time.  That God has Haddie, has this process, has me and my crazy body, my kids we are going to miss, our process there, the judge, everything!  He has everything!  All my worrying ever got me was heartache, frusteration, stress, and doubt.  About four months ago the Lord showed me that my worrying was getting me nowhere.  So I gave it all to Him and tried to stop taking it back.  Until two days before we got our notification of our court date and Haddie was so strongly on my mind.  I couldn't shake it; only thing I could do was go to my quite place and pray.  Then He answered the prayer we have been praying for four years!!  Oh so much excitement.

I have learned and am learning that God is so faithful even after years.  Sometimes the moment we least expect something is the moment He says ok it is time.




Please keep our trip in your prayers, our kids staying home, my mom who will be watching the kids, Haddie's transition, our transition as new parents to our lovely daughter, and that the paperwork is speedy so we can get home.  Thank you so much for your prayers and support.

More to come....

We are coming for you!!!!

We got the most amazing email today, The Email.  We are going to get our girl!!!  We leave on the 8th and our court date is the 13th!!!

So when we found out the kids and I did a happy dance and screamed quite a bit.   I have booked the flights and the hotel for Hyderabad but working on all the rest.

All thanks and glory to God.  He knew time we needed to prepare and get my body in working order.
Our journey is about to be real when we get to hold our little girl.  Overwhelmed with excitement and can't wait to get on that plane.

Prayer requests:
Haddie's transition
Travel mercies
Funds
Our kids staying home missing their parents
My mom and those helping with the kids
The court process, the other government things that need to be done
Our health on the trip
Safety and unrelenting peace

We are coming to get you Haddie girl!!!!  Blessed be the name of the Lord!!!

Still waiting for her....

Today has been a rough day.  Woke up praying for Haddie early this morning.  She is supposed to be home already :(.  Still no court date only the news that our petition has been entered into the court.  We recieved an amazing book today from my mom for Haddie about a little girl who looses her name and finds her new name.  It was catered for Haddie and spells her name out in the end.  Well that opened up the dam of tears.  I want my girl baby home.  My heart is literally aching for her today.

Last weekend we made a short sporadic trip to San Diego to see the beach.  We spent most of our time at the beach and as I sat looking into the sunset on the horizon God showed me something.  He reminded me that the sun comes up every morning and goes down every night.  Teaching me that His timing for our daughter will come just as the sun comes up on His command.

Pray our time to meet our daughter in India is near, we so badly want to hold her and help her grow and bloom into the child of God she is.