Almost There

Tomorrow we will board a plane continuing on our quest for Sarah. It has been quite a journey so far. Years of hopes and dreams and many emotions. We have prayed daily for Sarah, a child we have not yet met here but feel we have a connection to. Hard to explain how you can love someone so much when you haven't met them or been around them. We really don't know quite what to expect when we first meet Sarah, of course we hope she is healthy and doing well, that she won't be too afraid, that she will feel our love and know she has so many people looking forward to meeting her. We know all of our lives are about to change forever and its hard to imagine sometimes what God has in store for us, it is always so much more and so much better than what we ever imagine for ourselves. Please pray for our family, pray for Sarah and keep us all in your thoughts.
I wanted to include two poems here that have been dear to my heart as we have waited and waited and waited.

The Orphan's Prayer
I am waiting...somewhere far...far...away on the other side of the world.
I may not know who you are or what you look like,
But somehow deep in my heart I know you are there.
That one day you will come and find me.
It's a long journey, and it takes a lot of time...
I wish it could be easier.
But I know that the ones who come for me will not count the cost.
They will only see the joy of finding me.
For now I abide in the fields of the fatherless.
Day by day wondering why I was born here and not somewhere else?
Asking... why my life couldn't have been different?
It's lonely...
Even though I am surrounded by hundreds of other children,
I know that something is missing...
I know in my heart I need a place to call home.
My arms long to be wrapped in a father's embrace...
I long to be saved by a mother's love...
Even as I lie alone in the darkness each night somehow I feel assured,
That no matter how lost I appear I am not alone.
Holy hands guard my steps; sacred fingers wipe my tears, touching my lonely heart.
The one who made me,
The God that knew me before I was born,
Hears me every time I call.
He whispers His promises in my ear.
I listen with hope to His voice.
But what I worry about most is that no one wants to look for me.
The fields are vast and there are so many scattered all over the earth.
I wonder how one little child, so lost, can be found?
Yet He calms my heart and assures me that He will find you.
That He will make sure that you hear His voice clearly.
He has promised me that He will make a way through the fields,
That He will personally cut a path and lead you right to my orphange door.
My prayer is...
When He speaks....
Please don't forget to listen...
When He calls don't be too afraid to go
For I am waiting...somewhere, far...far...away
On the other side of the world
To come home.

Kisses In the Wind

We hold you in our heart & touch you in our dreams.
You are here each day with us, at least that's how it seems.
We know you wonder where we are...and wha'ts taking us so long.
But remember child we love you so and God will keep you strong.
Now go outside and feel the breeze and let it touch your skin...
Because tonight, just as always, we'll be blowing you kisses in the wind.
May God hold you in his hand until we can be with you.
We promise you darling we are doing all that we can do.
Very soon you'll have a family for real, not just pretend.
But for tonight, just as always we blow you kisses in the wind.
May God wrap you in His arms and hold you tight, and let the angels bring the
kisses that we send to you each night.

We're coming Sarah and we're Almost There!