Did you know that our kids already have relatives living in the States? It is really kind of interesting to me. Roselyn, Romeo and Rodrigo have two nieces and one nephew that were recently adopted to a family in Wisconsin. Our kids know that Edmon, MaryBeth and Mariemea live with a family in the United States and have asked how far Wisconsin is from Minnesota on several occasions. Because of the age similarity, it seems like they should be cousins. I guess it doesn't really matter. We are excited that they have relatives in the Midwest and we will plan on making connections with them as time goes on. We have been in touch with their family and look forward to meeting all of them!
The big kid in the back is Joel Reasoner. His family lives in Cambridge and he recently went back to CSC to work with the children at the shelter. We sent a few things for our kids with him. A big part of me was jealous that he is now with them, seeing them, touching them and spending time with them. I kind of wanted to grab Joel, give him a big hug and lots of kisses before he left (so he could pass it on to our kids, of course!) but I thought that might be kind of weird, so I just shook his hand, thanked him and said goodbye. That was Thursday night. Now he is in the Philippines. Amazing how small our world is, isn't it?? We are so fortunate to have people THAT WE KNOW who work with and love our kids. It will be so great to see Joel when we go to pick up our kids! Knowing that the next time we see him will be at CSC... it gets me pretty fired up!
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