The past 3 weeks have been a great time with Avis' 2 brothers Fred and George and friend Tony here to visit. What an amazing family...so glad to have met them. God has blessed us with many wonderful people in our lives! The visit went by fast and before we knew it was time to say goodbye.
George and Tony left Thursday, and Friday morning we all hopped in the comby (orphanage van) for the drive to Trujillo where Fred was going to the airport, and we were due for a doctors checkup. Jake loves driving here...he has become an expert Peruvian driver, and I have learned to just not look, lol. The kids usually lie down on the seats and sleep for the long ride (they are loving the freedom of not being buckled into car seats) Mateo often rides up front with daddy. The trip went really well! We made great time and didn't even get stopped. Normally we get pulled over by roadside police at least once. Jake just shows them his Canadian licence and we are back on our way.
After stopping for lunch at the mall and saying our goodbyes to Fred at the airport, Jake, me, the kids and Avis found a hotel and settled in for the night. Avis' room was right next to ours. Our small room had 2 single beds, so we pushed the beds together to make one big family bed. The kids thought that was a fun idea.
We woke up Saturday morning to the sound of water dripping from the ceiling. It had rained all through the night. Rain is rare in this part of Peru so most of their buildings are not waterproof, and they have no ditches or sewers, so the streets were flooded with huge puddles. It was a good day for taxi drivers as people who normally walked took a taxi that day instead, us included. We arrived at the doctors office 8:30am, half and hour before opening time to get a good spot in line. Most doctors don't do appointments here, it's first come first serve, so we usually try to be early to get first in line. It seems that we are not the only ones thinking smart like that, sometimes we arrive almost an hour early and there's already a big line up meaning a long wait for us, sometimes up to 4 or 5 hours. This was a good day for us though; we were first! and in and out within the hour! The checkup went really well. Our Spanish is getting a bit better and I think the docs english has improved too, so that makes communication a lot easier for both of us! After doing an ultra sound scan (which is done at every checkup) everything looked great! Now just waiting and if nothing happens in the next week we go back Friday.
As the time comes closer we are getting very excited to meet this little one, and somehow it feels like everyone else is waiting just as anxiously for this baby as we are. We are 2 days past the due date now and it could be another week or so. Babies are very rarely ever born on their due date...it is only an "estimated" date of birth. I wonder if there is a reason for that...maybe God wants us to remember that He is in control, and He knows when the time is right. His timing is always perfect.
As the time comes closer we are getting very excited to meet this little one, and somehow it feels like everyone else is waiting just as anxiously for this baby as we are. We are 2 days past the due date now and it could be another week or so. Babies are very rarely ever born on their due date...it is only an "estimated" date of birth. I wonder if there is a reason for that...maybe God wants us to remember that He is in control, and He knows when the time is right. His timing is always perfect.
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