Hello everyone! How are you? We hope that we are replying to everyone's email in a timely manner... there are just so many! Please be patient with us as we will try to get back to you all in at least two days timeframe. Remember that you can all email us! Well, let's see... what's new with us. Not much to tell today. We had to pay our stay at Hotel Paris today because we arrived last Saturday and hadn't paid... so we will have to pay every Friday. The cost was 1,600,000 pesos. Sounds like a lot huh? Well, it's actually quite affordable. That equates to about 700 US dollars. And that also includes our laundry which the Hotel did for us for about 10 US dollars. Don't forget that this also includes all three meals, sterilized bottles, and a wonderful support system!
Joshua is doing wonderfully. We had a brief outing today to the supermarket, Carulla and I had a delicious sweet treat called, Areqiupe. It's like Dulce de Leche (but better) on a thin wafer. Delicioso! You know, I had to experiment and learn about the different foods here. hee, hee. Don't worry... we're not getting fatter! All of the food is prepared freshly and actually our clothes are fitting looser than they were before. I think it's because there's no snacking between meals, and meals are smaller portions.
Joshua is smiling more. He had another fabulous night... Thank you Lord! We are thinking about going on Sunday with a few other couples to a local Craft Fair where there are authentic Colombian crafts. I think next week we'll plan more outings (with a Hotel Driver of course).
Lots of love to you all. Josh can't wait to meet you! And of course, be praying for Monday as we are going to meet with the ICBF lawyer to start the process. The other couples here are growing desperate... Kelly and Mike just got word that they could be looking at another 3 weeks or so and they've been here 3 weeks. So, just pray that we can be home before Frank has to report back to work on May 8th. Otherwise, I'll have to stay here with Josh by myself to finish out the process. I'm still hoping a miracle will happen and I'll make it home by April 22nd!!! Hey, God's FedExed this whole process already huh? I can tell you, if that were the case, we'd be the envy of all couples here. lots of love to you all! Couldn't post new pics today as we are working to get them into the computer... but, here is one from the archives back on Monday. This was our first family picture at CRAN! xoxo