A visit to Consejo Nacional de Adopciones

Before I get to today, I have to give my wife the props she deserves for hosting an awesome date night last night. We had fajitas and then enjoyed the traditional Guatemalan desserts she picked up at Dona Maria. Here is a photo of the treats on our very elegant plastic plates. Muy Delicioso!

We started today with school for the ninos. I worked with Luis reading books and playing the memory game. Then it was off to the CNA for a meeting with our lawyer and Lorena Ramirez. The meeting was scheduled for 11am. I arrived at 10:35. The meeting did not start until almost 11:30 and was only about 20 minutes long. The meeting brought good news. We learned the psychologist and social worker had completed their reports, and our file was on Ms. Ramirez's desk and she would begin working it tomorrow. There is a possibility that we could move to the director's desk some time late next week. The file will likely be there for 4 weeks for a review. But there is movement and that is very positive.

When I got back to the apartment at 1pm, Jenny and the kids were working on a science experiment with oil and water demonstrating the density difference in the two liquids. It was pretty cool. Then is was off to the library to find new reading material for the kids and the Bagel Barn for some bagels for the next few days. On the way back to the apartment I discovered my new favorite shop in Antigua: Chocolala. We stepped in to look for a minute and the women offered us a sample that was awesome. We spent the rest of the afternoon carving the pumpkin we bought at Hiper Paiz yesterday. It was the first time Luis had carved a pumpkin and he thought it was great. Here are a couple of pictures.


Tonight we braved an evening rain shower to go to Pollo Campero (the Wednesday night scheduled meal). It was a lot of fun and the kids had good dinners and got ice cream. Then it was a wild tuk tuk ride back to the apartment. I survived my first tuk tuk ride and actually thought it was fun.

Back at the apartment, we had baths and now it is bedtime. Luis has a new favorite way to get transported to his bed, here is a picture. He is tucked in and resting now after getting about 50 kiss sandwiches from Mami and Papi.

One prayer concern we have is Luis' dedication is scheduled for Friday morning at the Quincenera and garduation ceremony at Casa Para Ninos. At any mention of Casa, he has gotten very upset and so we are worried the dedication will not be a positive experience. We are going to have a conversation with him tomorrow about the dedication, so please pray we communicate clearly and effectively to let him know that we will only be there a couple of hours and he will not be apart from us during that time.