We met Twinkletoes!!!

Wednesday morning we met with Twinkletoes, her foster mother, the foster mother's daughter-in-law, and Ms. Lee (the Holt US social worker who interpreted for us). She is soooo beautiful and very serious. She would stare at our faces and really study us! When the foster mother handed her over she studied me for a while and then I pulled out a toy and she was very intrigued with it. She settled into my lap and actually layed her head up against my chest and chewed and played with her toy for 40 min. while the foster mother shared with us all about how she cared for Twinkletoes. The nickname they call her by is chachanga which means forehead, because she has a large forehead. She is also crawling and loves to have you hold her hands so she can "walk". She is very healthy - praise God! The foster mother commented on how calm she was with us because she usually is very shy and doesn't like strangers! It was so unbelievable that they are going to give us this beautiful baby girl and we are taking her home with us - we are so very blessed!

After the meeting we asked about visiting the city where she was born, Deajeon City. Ms. Lee right away set things up for us to visit. She called to the Holt office that is in Deajeon city and had a social worker who could translate for us take us around for the afternoon. We took a bullet train down there (normally it is a two and a half hour ride and it took 50 min.). We were greatly surprised when the social worker took us to the hospital where Twinkletoes was born and we got to actually meet the doctor who is the director of the hospital as well as the doctor that delivered Twinkletoes. He gave us a tour and showed us what room Twinkletoes' birthmother labored in and then what table she delivered on. He read his records and told us how the labor and delivery was (only 2 hours)! He then showed us what room Twinkletoes and her birthmother stayed in together for a day or two for recovery. It was such a gift to us and nothing we ever imagined we could have to share with Twinkletoes as she grows and have pictures of the place she was born and the city her birthmother is from!

We then got to go to the Holt office intake center where bithmothers come to and we got to tour their home for unwed mothers. They currently had 33 women in residence and they can house upto 50. It was a really neat place and they have education classes and all sorts of programs for the girls, many of them were very young. It is an amazing work how all this is orchestrated. We also found out that Twinkletoes' birthmother was notified that she was adopted and a little about us and our family and that we live in the USA. We are so thankful that she choose life for her baby in the midst of a difficult situation. We are so blessed to have this sweet baby girl in our lives!

We are trying to figure out a way to post pictures and will do so as soon as we can!!! Please continue to keep us in your prayers - thank you!!!!