Lower Court

We had an appointment at lower court at 9am. We were told we needed to leave around 8. That was the night before. Things are always changing and plans will be different at a moments notice, so you really gotta be able to go with the flow. That morning, we learned plans changed. Mike & Missy needed to go shopping at The Giant (think lowscale Wal Mart). I went with them. Dr. Bernard had a doctors appointment, and Brandon went with him in his car. Then we were going to meet up at the office. Dr. Bernard's driver took him to the doctor and then went and dropped off Brandon at his office. A few minutes later, we arrived. We walked in and there is a plexiglass window. They immediately took us back and gave us a fold up chair to sit in.

We sat. And sat. And sat. This was about 10:15 or so. Our appointment was at 9, remember? lol. Clearly we are on Haiti time!! We finally got called over to sign the book. It was basically a blank sheet in a binder. Then they go back and add whatever it is they need to write. Then we went and sat some more. Then we got called over to talk with the biological parents. Yes, it was initially ackward. We had a chance to ask them questions. We found out about their background, their medical history, other siblings, their faith, and above all, they are happy that we are taking their children. The dad stated that they live everyday in misery and do not want that for their children. He asked for us to send pictures through NLL. It was very important to him that the kids go to school and get a good education. Neither of them went to school and/or have jobs. Mom did not say much of anything. She was pretty emotionless throughout the whole ordeal. I'm sure that is just her way of coping with the situation. I gave the bio parents a picture album I had made with pictures of the children and of our family. Dad couldn't stop looking at them!


After the emotional conversation between us parents, we sat some more. We had to wait for our ride to come get us. Sooo glad there was another couple there with us to chit chat with because we sat there until 4:00. When our ride did arrive and we were ready to go, we found out that a bio mom, her infant and 6/7 year old daughter were coming with us back to the creche. It was heartbreaking to later talk to the mom and hear how she decided to turn her kids over. More on that later...