The next morning we were very busy. We met the kids at their church that
morning. They were going to be
dedicating the children into our family by their pastor. It just so happened that this particular
Sunday we were there, there were other adoption celebrations being announced at
the church. This was just another moment
where we knew God was in the midst of us giving us confirmation after
confirmation that we are walking in his steps. Most of the children that were
being adopted were from other countries or relative adoption. This was a very special Sunday for many of us
there.
Occasionally out of my peripheral vision I would find Alicia
staring at me. I think she was trying to
get use to the fact that she now has a mom and this is the lady who was going
to take her home. Nemo was on cloud 10
and all for it. Alicia was unsure and
doing this for her brother. She was
willing to go where ever her brother went.
That did not mean that she was happy.
She just tolerated situations as long as they were together.
During service the pastor did an alter call and Nemo went up
and kneeled before the alter. Little did
I know this little boy had many demons he was fighting inside. Inside of him there was a war going on
between good and bad. It was a tug a
war. I would find out more of course as
time went along. Alicia did not have the
same struggles as Nemo but her struggles were more of negativity and anger
toward others. I will share more about
that later in another post but keeping somethings private.
One of the family friends were there at church that
day. He was a guy in his 20's that was
very special to the kids. After church
service was over Nemo goes up to him in front of all us and puts this shinny
silver necklace on him as a going away present.
It was so sweet. I could tell
this meant a lot to this guy. I could
also tell that this meant a lot to Nemo.
Come to find out days later I get a call from the foster parent asking
if I had seen a shiny silver necklace. One
of her foster boys cant find it his necklace.
It dawned on me that Nemo had taken the necklace from one of his foster
brothers and had given it to this family friend. I was stunned to think back to that moment
when people were all teary eyed watching him put the necklace on him and it was
stolen. Oh Nemo -- He means well but he
just needs to figure out how to make honest choices. All this time I was taking
notes on things that we were going to have to work on back home.
For a side note -- when you adopt --it is your job to put
these kids back together. They come to
you in pieces all broken and in pieces.
For us and their ages -- we have a short period of time to get him to
the place where one day they would move out of the home. We want them to be contributing people in
society. Not people who is taking up a
spot in the local jail or penitentiary.
We knew we were going to invest in these kids and do our absolute
best. When they do move out they are
responsible for their actions. We are
praying that being in our home is going to be a good change for the both of
them. We were not worried about Alicia
in this way as far as picking the wrong road -- that was for Nemo, however
Alicia her attitude would hold her back if she didn't forgive and continue on
this road the Lord has set before her.
After church we took the kids and went to their going away
party. There was many friends and great
food. I was noticing all Alicia's
friends. They look so similar to
her. They looked very unhappy and people
you did not want to mess with (in junior high).
These friends all had family problems.
I felt an urgency to get them home.
I think friends are a good thing however if they are friends that fuel
your fire and keep you burning for the wrong things it is something that needs
to be extinguished. You need friends
that keeps your fire burning hotter and hotter for the Lord. That is where you will find peace and joy.
Nemo had a few friends there--not many. I
would learn more about his friends situation later - much later.
The foster parent made a great scrapbook that everyone
signed and left messages for them. It
was very special. They were all congratulating
them on finding a family and wishing them luck.
After a year of being with us -- they still look at it. They got gifts from different people. Many staff from the school came too. I thought that was sweet! That meant a lot to
the children.
Once the going away party was over we took the kids with us
and went back to the hotel. We only had
a few hours to swim and spend time together before taking them back home. The kids wanted to leave that day so bad to
head to Central Point. There was chance
we were going to have to stay till Tuesday depending on how the kids do. If it was going to be emotional and hard then
we would have had to stay the extra day.
I called the adoption worker on Sunday and asked if it would be okay if
we left tomorrow for home. She gave the
okay. She knew the kids were more than
ready to leave. I let the kids know
that tomorrow during school we will pick them up and bring them back to their
house to load up their things. They were
so happy about that.
We dropped the kids off, gave hugs and told them to be
expecting us at the school tomorrow.
Both of them seemed happy about the next day events.
To Be Continued.......................
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