Anticipation

Okay ~ so perhaps I couldn't wait until arriving in Arequipa to post my first blog.  After receiving our much anticipated news, I have had an abundance of energy;  a small bit of laundry, packing, sorting, re-sorting, categorizing necessities, sorting through carry-on items… you get the picture. The bedrooms are ready for the children; well actually, they've been ready since October, but the finishing touches are now in existence!  

On Monday, we plan to meet with our adoption social worker at Secretaría de Nacional Adopciones, in Lima.  After our meeting, discussing the schedule for the following days, we plan to fly to Arequipa. If it is not too late, we will be able to visit the orphanage.  I can't wait for the day we meet the children... our children. 

Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us to forget:  the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick, and all who have none to care for them.  Help us to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow into joy.  Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  ~The Book of Common Prayer