So, Erin's visit to the orphanage wasn't exactly what she had hoped. I won't go into all the details, but part of the problem was that that even though Erin had called them twice to make sure it was okay to come, they said it was a bad time to come. I guess one of the nuns originally thought Erin was a young, single student. Once she realized she was married and in the process of adopting, the nun was went to get the "mother superior" who turned out to be very helpful. They were very helpful in giving her information about the orphanage, but they wouldn't let her hold any of the children or take pictures. Since we don't have any say in choosing which child we want, they said it would be bad for Erin to get attached to one of them, and that the young babies are susceptible to infections and can't have outside visitors. Erin said, "I was pretty bummed but maybe it was God's way of protecting my heart."
She could see some of the older children, but they were in places where she could barely get to them or play with them. Even though it wasn't how she had dreamed, she did at least get to meet the people that will be caring for our child. And the mother superior is the lady that will actually match us with a child!
Erin also got to visit the Ministry of Family & Gender and actually meet the lady that will be processing our application. She didn't know if it really did any good, but she's hoping maybe God will use that meeting to help us somehow.
Which I guess pretty much sums up her visit to the orphanage as well. It wasn't what we had hoped for, but who knows what God will do through that. Maybe it changed everything.
a matter of life & death
11 years ago
2 comments
Comment by Anonymous on September 22, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Continuing to keep you both and the adoption in our prayers and thoughts. We love you .
Jeanine
Comment by One Hot Homestead on September 22, 2009 at 8:51 PM
I have been following Erin's trip to Rwanda as we are currently adopting as well and waiting for our referral. I am not surprised that they would not let he hold any of the children or take pictures. This is common practice in many orphanages to prevent the spread of germs and profiting from pictures of the children.
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