Things are moving

Things are moving here. Not in our time, but in God's time. It's hard, isn't it.
I was reading in the Bible a couple of days ago: "my ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts... my ways are higher than your your ways, my thoughts are higher than your thoughts."
A Rwandan man here said "You don't need God in America, you have everything. We need God everyday. He is our daily helper. We call on God everyday. And eventhough you pray everyday, you don't REALLY rely on Him."
This has really struck Mike and I, because it is true. And we are brought back to the basics here with less distractions. We are really learning to rely on Him everyday as our daily helper. We give Him the day and ask Him to help us handle whatever may come our way.

We went for Irakoze's medical today. He screamed when he got blood taken. It was such a big needle. Then they gave us a cup and told us to go get a urine sample. I looked at her with an odd look on my face, and asked "how do I do that? She replied, "get him to pee in the cup"
How do you get a 22 month old to pee in a cup? He may not even need to pee, and all he knows is peeing in a diaper. Well, Mike pulled down his diaper and held the cup under him. He screamed and screamed!! So Mike held him, and I held the cup under him. He continued to scream for 10 very long, loud minutes. I was praying, "Lord, please help him pee!!" Mike said, "let's just go". I kept praying and then Mike was praying. I called upon our helper!! "Lord please help him pee"
And then he peed. It was a simple thing, but not to us. It was an answer to prayer. I did not want to come back another day. (another day wasted). What takes a couple of hours in Canada, it takes 2 - 3 days here. We then had to go for x-rays. He stood there so brave and was so good. It was a tough day for him. The x-ray results were all good. Now we are going back to get the results from the blood and urine tests.

We were supposed to come home this Fri. As it looks right now, it probably won't happen. We are trying to get a flight to Nairobi, Kenya tomorrow or Thurs, to visit Immigration in person and to put pressure on them for the Visa.

Irakoze is doing so well. He has bonded to both of us like we were always his parents. His bath time, diaper changing, bedtime has all gotten better. The swimming has helped the bathtime to be better. And we get him to sleep at night, by walking with him in our arms all throughout the house. I know, "you shouldn't do that" But thanks Diane, "whatever works" right?
He has had alot of adjusting to do, poor little guy.

He's vocabulary is now at about 10 words (from 0 words). He says "mama", "papa", "beep, beep", "no", "oya" (no, in rwandan), (great eh, a 2 year old who knows "no" in 2 different languages) (no it's not funny!! lol) He says "what's that?" And he will point to one thing after another asking "what's that?" "what's that?" And we will tell him what the item is. It could go on and on for hours.

Nola-the man is our caretaker at our townhouse. He cuts the grass, cleans the house, washes our clothes, etc. And Irakoze just loves him. You are a loyal follower. Do you read this as your nightly entertainment? Ha HA!! Just joking! I like your comments and of course, miss you too. I can't wait for you to meet him. Hope everything is going well.