Referral Day
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - getting ready for Spa Weekend with Christa. Showered, curling my hair, trying to get my team on the phone (on my day off) due to a misdirected FedEx. Phone rings - it is from 781 area code. Erin is calling; I was just thinking of calling her to let her know I will have spotty cell phone coverage until Tuesday.
Wait! Erin is calling!
I can barely unlock my Droid to answer. I hear her voice on the other end of the line, and yes, this is the call we have been waiting for. Two cherubs, matched to us! Praises!
We try to add Dennis to the line unsuccessfully - no worries - I will take notes and review it all with him again ASAP. Everything about the morning that seemed important is suddenly wholly unimportant.
One boy, one girl. He's 3 (we later learn closer to 4) and she's 2. Pictures of their beautiful little faces, sad and scared. My eyes tear up. My heart swells. I close my eyes and picture their eyes brighter and faces smiling. I get goosebumps. Thoughts of "where do I sign?" tempered by remembering that we need to have the medical review done, and pray. But because all of the paperwork looked great, I knew right away. I trust God's plan of moving them in our direction after the tragic events of their lives.
And so we begin the life-giving tasks that bring them closer to us: creating photo albums to send to Ethiopia, getting vaccines, applying for visas, re-documenting our financial ability, rearranging the house, continuing to pray, etc.
We are so blessed.