The True Treasure

Yesterday I sent off the packages for the kids in ET. It was so much fun to pick out things we thought they would enjoy. The three year old boy will get hot wheels tonka toys, a stuffed animal, book, way cool "cars" t-shirt that lights up when you move and a photo album of us. The little 9 month old girl will receive a cute little hot pink outfit, soft blanket, rattle, stuffed animal and a small photo album she can chew on. She may as well get used to being up-close and personal with her new family! We also sent a similar package for their older sibling (without the pictures), because we couldn't stand the thought of him watching his brother and sister get presents while he got none! We also included an older, live worship cd we recorded at our last church after finding out that the orphanage had a cd player. We thought it'd be neat if they were able to hear what we sound like... after all, they'll be hearing lots of music when they get here - they might want to get used to it :).

We're really praying and hoping to receive our official referral of these precious ones before the gifts arrive, or at least while the director of the organization is in ET. That way we can get pictures and video of them receiving their gifts and seeing our pics for the first time.

Our home study needs to be completed and approved for that to happen. I found out yesterday that our social worker had some kind of family emergency and it was taking a little longer than planned. She did tell me that it should be finished at the end of next week and then they can send it to our placement agency for approval so the timing could work out.