So, pretty much none of the things that were supposed to happen today did! But its not all bad!
Rebecca was supposed to pick Nate, Wayne and Shannon up between 12 and 1pm today. Around 2pm, Nate texted me and said she had not shown up yet and the bank closes at 4pm. Shortly after Nate texted me, he went into his room to lie down. Wayne came and knocked on his door around 3pm to let him know Rebecca and Georgia (the social worker) had arrived. Nate came out to the living room to find several women sitting on couches, but didn't notice at first that there was a small boy sitting there as well. James!!! And his birth mom!! Both just sitting there on the couch! We did not think Nate was going to have the chance to meet her, but were so hoping that he would. The visit lasted about 20 minutes. Nate said it went really well and that James is such a sweet, shy little guy. He wasn't quite sure what to think of Nate and cried when he tried to hold him. But as they left, James waved "bye bye" and seemed to be warming up to Nate. They will have another visit tomorrow!
By the time the visit ended it was too late to go to the bank. We found out later that the paperwork wasn't ready for them to go to the bank anyway. No visit to the embassy then either because bank trip needs to happen first. Praying that everything will be in order for tomorrow and that they can get to the bank tomorrow. The embassy is closed tomorrow so that appointment will have to wait until Wednesday.
Nate is really enjoying his visit in Liberia. He had a chance to walk down to the market today, play soccer and hand out Snickers bars to kids, give away some DJ Splash CDs and give two men bibles. He is loving the hot weather and the wonderful people.
And here's a TOTALLY crazy "God thing!" Our old pastor from Brooklyn Park Evangelical Free Church, Rick Ensrud, is staying at the same guesthouse as Nate. Crazy!!! Apparently he does some discipleship training and travels there a few times a year.
So all in all, a pretty good day. We had some moments when we were feeling very discouraged that the bank and embassy business did not get done. But we know flexibility is mandatory in international adoption and there are some things that are completely out of our control. Honestly, I shed a few tears of frustration today, but am hopeful for a better day tomorrow!
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