9/28/2006
Okay, I will admit. I wasn't even going to post tonight. I am tired and a little grouchy (not necessarily Maria related). I just thought I would be better off heading to bed. But then I read some things on the Internet that I thought I should throw out as a MAJOR prayer request. There has been talk for some time of adoptions halting in Guatemala. It is this whole "Hague Convention" issue which honestly, I don't understand. But it isn't supposed to go into effect until 2007. However, apparently today the "rumor" is that the President of Guatemala and his wife are talking about halting adoptions next week. Supposedly there is a tie with some money being offered by UNICEF (which is not a supporter of international adoption from what I can tell). I don't know how much is true. I would ask you to pray though for the situation to work out. I have MANY friends who are waiting for their babies to come home. I look at Maria's face and am an in awe that she IS home. I cannot fathom that some people may never have that experience. Please pray for the truth to be revealed, that hearts will prevail, and that babies will come home. I am not typically into the political scene or an "advocate", but these are children with parents waiting with open arms.
Okay, onto more fun stuff. I don't think I can even list all of Maria's new words for the day. She is becoming quite the mimic. Let's see...there is "tongue" (she likes to stick it out when I wash her face), "done", yum, "come on", tummy, and "cama" (that is bed in Spanish). I think there are others, but those stick out. I have been keeping a list of her words, but I am having a hard time keeping up with them. Now I have to say, she is learning them and uses them (especially "EAT" and "buckle) but she also resorts to complete nonsense words. We just nod our heads and hope we aren't agreeing to anything bad. :) The other funny thing is that she is really picking up on English and understands alot of what I say to her, yet we are actually hearing more Spanish words from her than we knew that she knew. She much prefers "mano" to "hand" and "cama" to "bed". It will be interesting to see where we are by Christmas.
I do have to say, she was a bit of a turkey today. She is very two, and is enjoying moments of just testing to see how serious I am when I say "No". But thankfully there are many more moments of delight when she laughs, plays, and surprises us with new words and actions. We're very blessed. Thank you for praying with and for us. |
