a friend visits Home of Hope

Our associate pastor (and friend) is in Rwanda right now and over the weekend was able to visit Home of Hope, the orphanage where our child is living. It means the world to us that he was willing and able to go. We're probably somewhere around a month from knowing who our child is, but we're all but certain our child was there, with Matt, as he walked the grounds. We can't wait to hear more details from him about his visit. We will always have a special, different friendship with Matt now since he's been there. We're so, so grateful we can share that with someone here in Richmond.

We're hoping and praying we'll be a part of the referrals that are coming out (likely next week). If you want to find out more about that, click on any of the blogs of our friends on the left side of the screen. The gist is that the head nun at the orphanage has a meeting on Friday with the government official who must approve all the referrals. Apparently she has about 12 families' referrals prepared, which is why we're hopeful we're included. 12 is a lot, right?! Oh to see our little one's face. To know his/her name. To be closer to bringing him/her home. Sigh. We love you so much. So so much.