Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

 

Well today is little girl’s 3^rd birthday – “little G” … our sweet Ghana girl.  We celebrated in this cold tundra last night making a home-made buttermilk chocolate cake topped with peppermint baking bits and lit candles for her. 

 

 

It is an odd thing because you move forward after receiving a referral knowing this child could be joining your family … but also, there is a very possible scenario that things won’t progress that way.  We think, plan and talk each day like she will be joining our family but the reality is we don’t know for sure.  We all talk about her and Kylie has been speaking more frequently about all of the things she wants to show and teach her when she arrives.  She told me today that she is going to share her blankets and reminded me that we still need to get a bunk bed in her room.  I told her that it will probably be a while still before we will be able to bring her home.   I then shared with her that we had to wait a while for her to come home too.  And that when she came home we were all so happy to finally meet her.

 

My heart is sad today … I am tired of the cold temperatures we are living through and I just want to reach the next step in this process.  This is when it is necessary to go to the only One who gives, HOPE!  I know that God has her in His hands and I trust that He has not left her as an orphan.  He will move when the timing is right.  I know I say that almost each time I write on this blog, but I often have to remind myself of that fact.  His plans are greater than my plans, His ways greater than my ways.

 

I was reading tonight about Ghana birthday traditions.  I don’t know how accurate this is, but in celebrating their birthday, Ghanaian children wake up with a special treat called “oto,” which is a patty made from mashed sweet potato and eggs fried in palm oil.  Later in the day they arrange a birthday party where they usually eat stew and rice and a special dish which is known as “kelewele.”  This is prepared from plantain chunks.  I just wonder if she had this special birthday treat “oto” today.  Will there be stew to celebrate her birthday?   Kylie made a special “birthday cupcake” from her Duplos to celebrate.  She would love to share this with her sister, but for now she will have to wait … Happy birthday sweet girl, happy birthday!  Please keep praying!