No longer an orphan:)

Deuteronomy 10:17 & 18 For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed. He ensures that ORPHANS and widows RECEIVE JUSTICE.....!!!!

Wooooooooooooooooooow!!!

Ok so we were just sitting here minding our own business when Maria Elena called and said, very quickly, "BE READY IN 10 MINUTES, WE ARE COMING TO GET YOU!!" Of course, we said 'OK!' Crazy driver, Raul, zoomed in on 2 wheels and barely stopped while we jumped in the door and buckled up! They had received late notice this afternoon that the Adoption resolution was ready to be signed, BY US!!!! Woooooooooooooooohoooooo!!! So, we took care of that and a couple of other technicalities, and came back 'home'. Ms. Jabberbox, chattered all the way! She is hilarious. Mostly with her kitty cat, gato, imitation. Meeeeeeeeeeooooowwwww!
Then, the best part of the whole day was she was looking through the photo album I made her and pointed to daddy and said, "Papa" and to me and said, "Mama"!!!!!!! Coincidence that happened on this day????? NO WAY!!!! Living a dream!!
GOD IS SOOOOO GOOD !!!!!

Beautiful Flower!:)

Well look at the MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER THAT BLOOMED at the exact same place the seed was planted, Hogar de Ninos!

'twas just like GATEWAY in Peru!

Can I just say WOW!!
We went to church this morning, the one the Gateway group goes to while they are here. We had heard so many great things. We were excited to see for ourselves. First off, we notice the gym, just like worshiping at home! Relaxed atmosphere, check. We couldn't understand all the words to the songs but knew that Jesus' name was being lifted, high! Beautiful voices praising his name! Then, we put the head sets we were given on and listen to the pastor speak briefly and introduce the guest speaker. THE GUEST SPEAKER SPOKE ENGLISH FOLKS!!! Yes!! Larry and I just looked at each other in disbelief! Imagine that, a worship service tailor made for us! Then, his message was about the importance of "being the church"! Not just "showing up" on Sundays but being involved in God's work. Sound familiar Gateway family????:) The "GREETER TEAM" were a FINE replica of Gateway too! Oh, and the pastor also started off with how the church is involved in all sorts of outreach programs, a women's home, children's home, garden, financial peace & marriage enrichment! Truly unbelievable! I seriously had to control myself from full on tears 4 or 5 times and Larry agreed. Especially as I looked to my right to the most beautiful Peruvian Princess, that we have waited so long for, coloring in her Strawberry Shortcake coloring book. She was an angel:)
Although we miss home horribly, God surely gave us a taste of it today, in His own comforting sort of way!
Love to all!
Laci & Larry:)

Not much going on here in Peru today. Pip squeak has watermelon in her mouth in the bottom pic! She was riding some rides at the kids area at the mall last night! Soooo much fun! Seems to be "chattering" more and more.....But when we look or ask "what?" she stops.. Silly girl!:)
Missing our our friends and fam at home! :0) love you!!!!

Delaney Maria and Daddy

Sweet pic of her and her daddy but inside I am laughing because she runs like George Jefferson. In the cutest possible way. Those little arms go flapping back and she's smiling and giggling all the way. Ha!:)

Dare Devil ...enjoying some park time:)