So much filling my brain and my heart, will be a while till I can express all that has transpired. It's been so good. Being with the kids for four days now, we have been able to really get a glimpse at who they are. Which has been so great and should be sooo helpful to people who are considering adopting them. These kids are just all around great kids. They are not at all , AT ALL, what you would think of as an orphan. They are so well adjusted and well behaved, I often forget their reality. And then when you least expect it, it will come out how desperately they want a family. They are very aware that they have nothing to call their own, that they have no mommy and daddy. Right now their hearts ache for family. Ugh. Thankfully right now their basic needs are being met by good caregivers. But as they get older and older their future looks bleaker and bleaker. When they age out .....I can't even type what happens to them....
Right now I am not worried about these kids I have been with this week getting adopted. They are just too great of kids. But I am here with them right now, hugging them, sitting with them, laughing with them, eating and playing with them. I can SEE how perfect they are. It makes me want to pray more for the FAITH of their future families who can't see all that I have seen but will be able to have faith in the One who calls them to boldly step out and adopt an older HIV child they have never seen.
I will do my best to advocate for these kids...honestly they will be easy to advocate for since I see them as very desirable kids for almost any family. But I also know the greatest tool I have is prayer. For His power to rescue these kids out of a very grim future. Oh these sweet babies will be in my heart for a very long time.
Sometimes I wonder what will be next for me after they all get families. Will this trip have just been about that...how will God use this trip to grow me? I don't know yet.
Tonight we say good bye to these kids. They are coming to our motel for a goodbye dinner and party. It will be hard but I know this trip isn't about me and my emotions. And I will hopefully be able to focus on the great hope I have for them of a life with a loving family in America!
I will close with a few pics. I haven't been excited to post any pics because I can't show their faces and I HATE that stupid HIV stigma!!! Thank you for praying for them. 
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