I'm not going to have as much computer time now that I am home with my FIVE children, but I really want to give you the happy ending to our story. Within the next few days, I'll share our pictures of when we were detained and some of the other crazy details.
We are so happy to have Reese home. I'm going to have adjust to having a "boring" life again. He slept all night last night. He has been having fun playing with his brothers and sister. His favorite toy is a little car to ride in. He drives from room to room in it. He has pointed outside and is very curious about snow, but since he doesn't want to wear jacket, we won't be going out there anytime soon. He has been eating well, but we are struggling with drinking. Right now he has three sippy cups out with different things I tried: water, toddler formula, and cow's milk.
I want you to know how much God protected these boys and their families. When we were at immigration in Miami we saw a US official that was at the scene on Saturday when we were detained. He came over and told us it was nice to see us on "the other side". He told us that he had a few things he wanted to tell us. One of the things he said was that when he arrived on the scene, the Haitian police were planning on taking all six children and splitting them up and hiding them and feeding them back into the Haitian Social Services and if we wanted them we could start the process all over again. Even though this a crazy and horrible ordeal, God saw everything and was there through it all. Thank you Jesus for protecting our boys!
Here are the links to our homecoming in Minneapolis: http://kstp.com/news/stories/S1436608.shtml?cat=1 and http://wcco.com/national/haiti.orphan.minnesota.2.1520903.html
I was praying for you like a mad woman. Thank God he saw you all home. He is amazing even if we don't like the route.
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FABULOUS!!! Welcome Home Thacker Family!!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! As far as the non drinking thing try a regular cup with no lid or sippy feature. Kobe hated lids on cups when he came home and he was a pro at drinking out of a regular cup!
ReplyDeleteSo happy to see you finally made it home with your precious Reese. Great news clip. Praying for all the adjustments your family is going through and for a soon arrival at a "new normal".
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Debi
So glad you are home, safe and sound! Yay God!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your homecoming. I've been following your story through the news, and was so thrilled when Tara Livesay put the link on her blog! I was in an interesting meeting here in the Twin Cities this past week, and there was much discussion about child trafficking and UNICEF. I left so angry, but unable to say anything about. I was able to ask, "But what about the families currently detained in Haiti, trying to get their kids out? How is THAT ok? Who made UNICEF God over Haitian Social Services? Ok...I'll stop my rant now! I look forward to watching your family learn about each other, and your new son to learn what "family" means.
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