All around us the plants and trees and grass and flowers are waking up! It is an amazing gift to be able to take part in, watching day by day as things seem to grow before my very eyes. I never cease to be amazed by our God. His beauty and creativity are overwhelming!
One of the many grandparents on our campus, with his grandbaby, who spend their days walking around and enjoying community.
One of my many classes. I just love these students!
We have been working lots of extra hours lately, doubling up
on the classes that we teach each week.
We are trying to get ahead by two weeks so that when it is time to go
pick up Eli, we can take that time off.
It is drawing ever nearer! Yesterday
we received the last of the papers we needed from the U.S. government and now
everything will all be sent to China for their government to wrap it all up. We were told that will take between 2 to 4
weeks. At that point, China will issue
our travel approval and then we will be allowed to make the trip to pick up Eli
anywhere from 10 to 21 days later!
Please keep him in your prayers, I have spoken to the director there at
his foster care center and she said that he has been feeling down recently. Eli now knows that he has a Daddy, Mommy,
sister and brother but I don’t think he understands why he is not yet with us. Because of being deaf, fairly new to signing
and living in a foster home where there are no fluent signers he is not able to
communicate with or be communicated with fully.
However, from my understanding, he has somewhat recently begun receiving
schooling 2 or 3 partial days a week at a school for the deaf. He seems to be picking things up quite quickly
from a wonderful teacher whom he loves deeply. He is smart and very eager to be poured
into. What fun that will be to do the “pouring”! We are praying that God will comfort him and
that His Spirit will communicate with Eli’s, understanding beyond words.
We have visitors coming!
My Mom and George will be here in just a week! We are super excited to show them all around,
introduce them to our friends and just let them experience a little bit our
lives here in China. We are making a
list – I hope they come well rested and ready to go!
We keep you close in our prayers even though we are far away
in distance. We miss you.
Many blessings to you all~ Deryk, Tiffany, Hannah and Ayden
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