THEY MET ELIJAH!

Yes, they have met little Elijah! This is Sarah posting on my mom's blog. I have been patiently waiting all morning, checking my email and refreshing the blog, and about a 1/2 hour ago (from noon when I started this post), I finally got an update! I checked my email for about the hundredth time this morning, and I had an email from my dad, and saw he was on! So I talked to him for about a 1/2 hour. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to post. :(  So here is an update from them!

They arrived in Elijah city (which will not be named here), around 11 am (EE time) this morning. My dad slept on the train, but my mom didn't sleep so well. They went to see psychologist (I think... couldn't really tell) and got the ok to see Elijah. Then they went to the orphanage to see him. They interrupted his meal, and he wasn't very happy about that, but he still gave them big hugs. He is very cute and lovable. He just wanted to hug them, and keep hugging them! They got to see him for about 5-10 minutes then had to leave, because it was past visiting time. (I imagine my mom cried the whole time... hee hee) They then met with the dirrector and doctor, (not sure why they didn't do this before they met him) and things went well there. Elijah is very healthy, only having a few colds in the past year. He is walking about the same is little Rachel is now (which is much better now than the video my mom posted awhile ago!). They got more information about his birth parents, which I'm not sure I can share, so I won't yet. Then they \ did a lot of waiting around as their facilitator had to do all kinds of paperwork.  It has been a long day for them (wait...wait...wait...lets go now quick...wait again...wait...wait.. then go again).  This pattern of running around started while still in the capital city last night, just before supper so they have been on the go with little sleep, no food, so as you can guess it has been a long day.


They finnally got to their apartment around 5:30. My mom stayed at the apartment to shower and take a nap, while dad ventured out into town to do some grocery shopping, buy more phone minutes, and find an internet cafe or McDonalds with WIFI. They don't have internet in their apartment, but they will have it in a couple days. He did find an internet cafe and was able to have internet for an hour. He says he feels very safe around the city, and he loves Elijah! He says that is 65 degrees F! Much warmer than in the capitol yesterday! :)


He also said that they have all the paperwork in to the court system already, so they already are waiting for a court date! (Well, they haven't been waiting too long..) Praise God!


They will be able to visit Elijah twice a day, although the missed their second visit today. He was not able to get pictures to me because he wasn't on their laptops, but on a computer at the cafe. But they'll try and get pictures to me tommorrow, if they can't post themselves! Sorry this post took so long for me to get up... And check back tommorrow for pictures!