Meeting Day

God is so good!  Today was a day I had dreamed about for over a year and thought about daily even from 1-2 a.m. today!!!  George came to the hotel to get us this morning at about 9:30 and said that the social workers were not ready so we had some time to run to the Tesco -like Costco - and look around and see if we needed anything.  That was an educational experience in a good way - but I was dying to get out of there and get on our way to meet Lizzie - Sugi (Shugi).  We were in a 9 passenger van and it was full.  We had a driver, translator, George, the 4 of us and 2 social workers.
It was about a 40 minute drive to her house and John Reese could read the GPS and tell me when we were close!  My legs were shaking getting out of the van and Ellie said "We are here Mom, really here!"  We all nine went to the door of this small home and went in.  That part is quite a blur as there was a foster mother, foster father, their daughter (about 20 yrs old) Sugi and 2 MORE social workers!!!  They all began to speak at once it seems telling Sugi to take us to her room.  She did.  She is very tiny and was obviously watching for us.  She looked a little shy at first but wanted to smile and as soon as we got into her room - just us and the translator - she asked for the photo album we had made for her.  She turned to the page with Jake on it and asked why we didn't bring him? We had the translator explain that he couldn't fly on an airplane and she thought that was very funny!
She then asked why she wasn't on the front of the album  since she was in our family!  It was very sweet.
She was immediately warm and comfortable with us.  We played with stickers and colored in a Hello Kitty coloring book from Ms. Kris!  (Ellie knew you would love that, Ms. Kris)
We brought her a stuffed dog which she LOVED!!!!  She played with it and loved on it throughout the visit.
We were there for about 2 1/2 hours and just played and visited.  She said "Ellie" and "John Reese" once when the translator asked her to and once when I asked her to.  The translator told me that she asked me "Mommy, do you want me to make a picture for you?"  She made pictures with stickers or colors for all of us and passed them out.  She smiled the whole time!  We all did!  It was truly perfect.  John Reese said that his face hurt from smiling so much.
The kids were great with her and she LOVED them.  She gave lots of hugs and kisses and did not want for us to go!
Please pray for all paperwork to be completed and for her to be with us very soon - this is looking really good!!!
We will bring her back here with us tomorrow and if the weather permits visit a zoo!  She LOVES animals from all we can tell - so we can't wait for that!  The weather today was sunny and 40.  God is so good and in all of the details.
Please pray for the foster family as they are really grieving.
The social workers all seemed very pleased with the visit.  The one with us - Elizabeth :) - said that it went beautifully and she could tell we had experience with children and that also John Reese and Ellie did very well!
We are so thankful for all of you and your love, support, encouragement and prayers.
We serve a Mighty God.
This is how we began our day:
Mighty is our God
Mighty is our King
Mighty is our Lord
Ruler of everything.
Glory to our God
Glory to our King
Glory to our Lord
Ruler of everything!!!