Referral Day!!!!

I ordered the beds and they came! I can't believe all the emotions that we have felt today. Of course, overjoyed, sad for the mother and father who had to leave these children behind, a little overwhelmed, excited and anxious for the next step. So... what about these little fellas? We have limited information as of today, but this is what we do know.

Kidist (Patience)- Age 5, HIV neg, Hep B +, His mother is still alive and is dying of HIV.
Nathnael (Nathaniel)- Age 7, HIV neg, Hep B -, No family info yet. He is in the 1st grade and is said to be a good student.
They are not siblings but "best buddies".
We should have pictures tomorrow and more health information.

Cheryl from AFAA called about noon today and said "I have two boys, they are not related and they are a little older than you wanted." Clint happened to be in my office when she called and all I had written down was "2 boys" and he was already smiling. After Cheryl had given us as much info as she had at the time, we talked about the Hep B+ child and Clint quickly got on the internet to read what he could about Hep B Infection. Of course we would have him retested here in the states and get an expert to give us an opinion, but as near as we can tell, it should not be too big of an issue.
We could not say NO! How do you decide to change a life or not? We couldn't stand the thought of saying NO and starting over and how do we know who is right or wrong? I knew this day would come where we would have to make a decision about who would join our family. It is a hard decision but there is peace in knowing that the decision has been made.

Clint said to me when he got home from work "This was such a good idea, I am so glad we did this. I feel like we have done a very good thing".

We love you all and thank you for your continued love and support! We will keep you posted!!