We have not journeyed to our boys alone. We continue to be in awe of the love and support of our friends and family. As expected, this last stretch of the journey seems so much harder than the other steps. We are so close and yet so far away. We are still waiting on our court date to be scheduled. Once our court date is scheduled, we will have a general timeline for when we will travel to bring our boys home. We hope that we will be in Burundi around 60 to 90 days from that court date. I wrestle with the timing every day, but we continue to seek God’s will and ask Him to continue to move things according to His will. We were blessed recently by our friends on the last day of our Home School co-op. Dusty was able to take the day off of work for his birthday, we finished our Civil War simulation with our students, and then our friends threw us a beautiful shower to celebrate our boys. We were overwhelmed by their generosity and their love. We ended the shower in a time of prayer for our boys, our family, and the transition that we will all be making soon. In the meantime, there is still plenty to do as we prepare our home and our hearts for our twin boys. We are working to complete our 5th home study. We are finishing construction and getting excited about decorating in the boy’s room. Their big sister and I created some costume art work for their room last week. We love the way everything turned out. We still have a few things to complete, but we had a blast creating for them. We were a bit concerned about packing for them as there was no reference for size in any pictures we had received, but on May 23rd our boys received a package we sent to them. This was exciting because our boys now know about us. They each received a photo album with pictures (labeled in Kirundi) of each of us and pictures of our house, a ball, toy cars, and a little outfit. We do not know how they reacted to this news or if their 3 year old brains even understood, but we continue to pray that God prepares their hearts to be a part of our family and more importantly to be open to Him. We also pray that the staff is positively preparing the boys for this transition. We did receive one picture of them standing side by side wearing the clothes we sent. I touched those clothes and now my babies are wearing them. Until looking at that picture, I had no idea I could be jealous of a shirt! Seeing them in those outfits will help us to pack accordingly when we travel.
Summer has begun at our house. I am actively planning schooling for my now Jr. High and High School students. I love planning school for my children, but I have to say this time has been different. I have spent the last few months ensuring we will have complete and full transcripts when High School is complete. Couple that with laying out how high school and preschool look together has had my brain swimming. We are ready (as much as we can be) for the challenge! Thank you for your continued prayers for our court date to be assigned, for our boys and their caregivers as they prepare for our arrival, for easy and fast turnaround times on visa applications, and for our time traveling and meeting our beautiful boys for the first time. We truly don’t have words to express how your love and support have carried us through this long (and sometimes painful) journey. We continue to pray for our boy’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being. Thank you for joining us in prayer as we continue to wait.
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AuthorMy name is Deidra Miller. I have been married to my wonderful husband, Dusty, for 17 years. We have two biological children and our family is growing again. We prayed for 2,786 days and God answered our prayers. More days (almost 4 years) have been added as we wait for God's perfect plan for our family. We can't wait to meet our beautiful twin boys! Archives
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