We Couldn't Do Anything But Cry!

We couldn't do anything but cry! We were so happy!

outside the airport

October 10, 2010
When arriving in Ghana they brought Koby to the airport! We were not expecting this at all, we were totally surprised. They just put him in my arms and all I could do was cry and look at his precious face.  I didn’t let him out of my arms, I was very selfish with him for a little while, I had been waiting for this day for so long!  I wanted pictures of our first meeting and I didn’t even have my camera ready!!!  This was  one of the happiest days of my life! 

he fell asleep holding my finger

getting silly

and with Daddy!



He took right up with Dylan

Koby didn’t want to stay with us that night, he was a little scared.  He stayed with us all day and then went back to the orphanage that night.  It was hard to let him go back but we didn’t want him to be scared. 

the next morning, before his Drs appointment

He came back the next morning and seen us and was so excited to see us, he played and looked at some of his things we brought him.  He had to go to the Dr that morning and we had something we had to go do. 

 


Our project took all day, it was dark by the time we got back to the hotel and the kids at the orphanage were in bed, we were so sad because we didn’t get to see Koby that evening. 

Then we saw head lights!  It was the father of the orphanage, I will call him “papa” that’s what the kids called him,  he brought Koby to us!!! We were so happy to see him and he was happy to see us.  He stayed with us that night and then the rest of the 2 weeks we were there. 

he climbed up in his daddys arms and went to sleep

sleeping so peaceful

We went to Ghana with the expectations of adopting Koby and bringing him home with us.  We arrived on a Sunday, we had something we had to do that Monday, and we planned to meet the lawyer on Tuesday.  We went to the lawyers office first thing Tuesday morning.  Everything went well, Kobys birth mom went with us and met with Social Welfare the same day, and then we met with them.  The lawyer asked us when we wanted to go to court and we told him by that Friday.  He told us there is no way we could go to court that soon.  There were several reasons he gave us but he said “it is impossible” but with my God, NOTHINGS IMPOSSIBLE!  He told us several things we needed to get done before court so we left with our “to do list.”  Needless to say we sent word home that we needed PRAYER.  One of the things he needed was the correct medical paper filled out.  Papa went to the Dr again, and ask them to fill it out, he filled it out but didn’t sign it.  We went back to the lawyers office on Wednesday with all of the papers he needed and he still said there was no way we would go to court that week.   Then he said the Dr needed to sign the medical form.  There was another trip to the Dr, so we left and went to the Dr office, he couldn’t sign it that day we had to come back the next day.  Oh goodness, that means Thursday, we went back the next morning on the way to the lawyers office,  still praying for a court date this week, but we still haven’t turned in all our paper work.  When we got there just our POA and Jacky went in and talked to him.  They gave him the medical paper with the Drs signature on it and said “is there any chance we can get court tomorrow?”  The lawyer said, “no, but I will call and see when the judge will see you”.  This whole time I am out in the hall just praying that we get a court date the next day.  Remember we are just gonna be here for 2 weeks and a lot has to happen in those 2 weeks and 1 of them is almost gone.  Jacky and our POA came out with huge smiles on their faces.  God had answered our prayer, we are going to court tomorrow!!! All we could do was thank God for this awesome answered prayer!  We went back to the hotel on cloud nine! 

October 15, 2010 Adoption Day!!!
 We were so nervous about going to court.  We didn’t know what to expect but it was nothing like we were thinking it would be.  We sat down in this little hot room with A LOT of other people.  There were no seats beside each other so we all just went and found a seat separate,  very awkward!  It was me, Jacky, Koby, our friend from church, our POA, papa and Kobys birth mom at court,  we just had to wait till our name was called.  We met a couple in the court room waiting also.  We start talking and find out that we are from the same state!  How crazy is that?  We talk for a while and exchange email addresses.  While sitting there waiting, Koby tells me he needs to go potty.  I go to papa and he takes me to the restroom.  We go up to it and you have to pay to go in!  It was like 25 cents but I had no money on me.   Papa paid for me and Koby to go in.  We went back to the court room and they finally call us back.  We were very nervous at this point.  The lawyer talked to the judge, shows her all the correct documents, and she looks up at us and says “Adoption Granted”  two of the most precious words I could have heard that day!  Koby was ours!!!

Adoption Day!

We went outside and took a picture. 
Then papa looks at Koby and pats him on the head and says “American Boy”