It's Offical But not really

We just need a signature.....

So we had our court date and we met the judge told him all that we had to do to get our kids adopted in Haiti,he has learned that we have been checked by every Government office in the united states,plus the Haitian government But I guess that is not good enough for our Judge he wants a paper with our fingerprints. But i guess he does not realize with all the high tech computers that they do not use Ink and paper. but we have a great adoption agency and they are writing letters in our behalf  and our Lawyer has been great updating us and letting us know what is going on. so I hope today we hear that he is satisfied and has signed our papers so we can officially say that we have Adopted them. But if you ask our kids they are Aitken's!

Waiting for the Judge

We had a date!

Some Things are hard to believe

So It has been awhile since I last posted anything,well we have been dealing with some personal things that are very hard to believe since the main person is my Mother.

when we started the adoption process she was not very happy with our country of choice,and with all the news press and the story that they ran yesterday it has finally came to a Head, she did not like that people where going to see that her daughter had adopted 3 Haitian kids. Yes I know it shocking I have been trying to figure out how people can be like this. Well on to better things we had taken our family to our first MLS Soccer game last week our kids had so much fun and I have become a fan of soccer it was a blast!!

Awe Spring

Today was great it feels like Spring might be finally Here. so what Better then to go out to our great Back yard and swing and climb on the Playset. We always wondered why we put in a Playset in our back yard when all of our kids at the time where way to grownup for it. well last November we finally figured it out when we started this Adoption process. It feels so good to see the three little kids with Huge smiles on there face as they swing and climb and play soccer.

Looking back and looking forward

As I look back over the last 16 months of our adoption journey I am surprised at how naive I was about the world we live in. If you would have asked me before this started how well I understood the challenges the rest of the world faced I would have said that I thought I did and really meant it.

I had kept up to date on the world and been aware of the challenges other countries face and just how lucky my family is to live the life we do.

It only took a 20 minute drive through pre-earthquake Haiti to realize I knew nothing of life and the real struggles it can bring. In that short trip my perspective, world and heart changed forever. I have a strong belief and testimony that we are all brothers and sisters and that we had great love for each other before our time here on earth.

As I rode through those streets I couldn't get the thought out of my mind that these are my brothers and sisters. These are people that I know, people I care about, people I love and here they are living in situations I wouldn't allow an animal to exist in. My thoughts then drifted to my own kids and how I would feel if one of them ignored their brothers and sisters in the way I had allowed myself to neglect the family outside my very small circle. How would I feel if I saw them blessed with so much and looked away as their brother or sister died of starvation or thirst?

I would be devastated and that is with my very limited ability to love and understand in comparison to our Heavenly Fathers. I ache over the pain that I may have averted had I just looked and cared. When I think of the disappointment my Father in Heaven must have felt and will continue to feel as I struggle to use the blessings I have received to do his work and help all that I can.

I pray that I can keep my heart as open and focused on those who's needs are so overwhelmingly hard to endure and easy to correct as clean drinking water and a bit of food to eat. I realize I may never make even a scratch on the big picture of things but I hope I pray that I can end my life having thrown as many starfish back in the ocean as possible.

Dave