So, being so close to travel has really got me thinking about a lot of things. We are about to change our lives forever....in the best way possible! But while it is such a joyous thing for us and we are very excited, I can't help but wonder, how our little boy is going to react to it all.
He has been in the orphanage since he was 10 days old. This is the only life he has ever known. In 2 weeks, these "white" people are about to show up in his life. He has never seen us before. We talk funny, we look funny, we sound funny and face it....we smell funny. All this time, we have watched him grow through pictures, we have planned for him, set up a room for him, dreamed about him, and loved him. But he doesn't know us from Adam! We are about to enter his life and take him away from everything he has ever known. Don't get me wrong, I know that he will have a great life with us. We will meet all his needs and give him the best life possible, but that is a lot for a little guy to deal with.
Not only will his life change, we will introduce him to all new things. Chances are, he has never ridden in a car, he has never seen a big city, he has never flown on an airplane, he has never heard the English language, he has probably never eaten chocolate! There are so many things he has never done, and he will experience a bulk of it in 3 weeks! So while this is the most exciting thing in the world to us, it will be a MAJOR life change for a little boy that we know....and doesn't know us at all.
Very deep subject for a Monday night! (Did I say we leave town in 10 more days?!!)
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The rollercoaster of emotions just keeps on going right to the very end, doesn't it? Dylan will certainly deal with some culture shock, but he's certainly young enough to be resilient. Especially once he tastes chocoloate! ;)
I've thought a lot about that too. We're giving these children an incredible gift, but they won't recognize it as such - or at least not right away. So many things will be strange and scary, but he'll adjust and will soon come to love you as much as you already love him!
I've been thinking a lot about that too! Wow, what a shock they are in for! I'm just praying for God's peace to overwhelm them somehow and for their grief to be short and their joy to be GREAT! only 9 days now... What an adventure for us all!
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