Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Made it To Haiti

My family dropped me off at airport yesterday afternoon. Billy said as they drove away Libby was staring out the window wiping away silent tears. She was trying to be so strong and brave for is. Im so proud of her, Gracie and Billy for walking this tough adventure with me.

I made it to Haiti yesterday on 2 hours of sleep. Sunny was reserved when I first saw her and I felt overwhelmed. But today, after a little rest, I feel better and I know Sunny will open up more each day.I am mostly overwhelmed at the reality of trying to communicate with her...how impossible it feels right now. My friend, Elissa, explains it best...it's like having a Christmas gift you can't open. I realize this will get a little easier once she is settled at home. She did agree that she is a little scared. I can only imagine all that is going on in her mind. She is glowing with happiness, though- lots of uncontainable, big smiles.
As we fell asleep last night she played with my hair. She slept right up next to me all night and I woke up with her holding my arm in her sleep. So sweet.
My luggage still has not arrived. I would have much more to do with her if it got here. I am waiting at the airport now. Had to get up at 4:30am and be ready by 5:30am to take kids to school and get to airport before traffic starts piling up.
Sunny is growing but still tiny. I think she may be a few inches shorter than Libby with a smaller build but bigger feet:)

That's all for now. Internet is not available where I'm staying so not sure when I'll have another chance to get online.

Oh- visa appointment is tomorrow. Please pray.

Blessings,
Cindy
Pardon typos-- typing with one finger on iPhone.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

I LEAVE IN FIVE DAYS!

The latest:
I LEAVE IN FIVE DAYS!!!!!!!!
And... as excited as I am it is hard to make preparations to leave my family and not be emotional about being away from them for 9 days.  I keep fixing my eyes on the end - a complete family, not separated by an ocean for 1 more day! Hallelujah, let it come!

Biggest prayer points:

American Airlines recently filed bankruptcy. Legally, their pilots are not formally strike. So, they are punching it to their company by not showing up to work or purposefully causing delays. If only those pilots knew Sunny's story...maybe theirs wouldn't seem so desperate...Anyway, I'm really praying for NO DELAYS - going or returning.

My family at home. For peace, NO anxiety. For joy and excitment, safety and FUN while I'm away.

For my bonding with Sunny while in Haiti and for my wisdom in all things Haiti and adoption.

Visa Appointment is Oct 11 in the morning. Please pray it goes smoothly.

After Visa appointment we will need to obtain the actual visa AND an exit letter from IBESR before we can fly home.

For those of you in Amarillo (or coming to Amarillo) who desire to see Sunny come home...Here's our flight info. However, please stay tuned as our return flight will be contingent upon receiving all documents in time and having no issues in immigration AND having no delays due to weather or AA pilot issues. I am most likely to keep my personal fb page updated, but hopefully I can keep blog updated as well.
CarrierFlight NumberDepartingArrivingBooking
Code
CityDate & TimeCityTime
carrier
American Airlines
3242AMARILLOMON 08OCT
6:05 PM
DALLAS FT WORTH7:15 PM N 
  OPERATED BY AMERICAN EAGLE
 Cynthia FooteFF#: 9R58Y46EconomySeat 7BFood For Purchase
carrier
American Airlines
546DALLAS FT WORTHMON 08OCT
8:45 PM
MIAMI INTERNTNL12:20 AM N 
 Cynthia FooteFF#: 9R58Y46EconomySeat 21FFood For Purchase
carrier
American Airlines
377MIAMI INTERNTNLTUE 09OCT
6:15 AM
PORT AU PRINCE8:15 AM N 
 Cynthia FooteFF#: 9R58Y46EconomySeat 28F
carrier
American Airlines
1608PORT AU PRINCEWED 17OCT
9:20 AM
MIAMI INTERNTNL11:25 AM G 
 Cynthia FooteFF#: 9R58Y46Economy
carrier
American Airlines
2307MIAMI INTERNTNLWED 17OCT
1:35 PM
DALLAS FT WORTH3:40 PM G 
 Cynthia FooteFF#: 9R58Y46EconomyFood For Purchase
carrier
American Airlines
3353DALLAS FT WORTHWED 17OCT
4:25 PM
AMARILLO5:35 PM G 
  OPERATED BY AMERICAN EAGLE
 Cynthia FooteFF#: 9R58Y46EconomySeat 10BFood For Purchase

Praying we can party at the Amarillo airport at 5:35 on October 17th!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lord willing, OH YEAH!
 
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