Trying to readjust

I am trying to readjust to life here in the US. I am going to try and post at least every two days so that I will have the thoughts and things to use when the time comes to do with all this writing what I have thought about. All is very good with life. Still trying to find our schedule, and thin out things in the house. I started as soon as I arrived home with the purge..My husband loves to bring things in that he finds at the park or on the garbage truck..They are really good things but you can only do so much with it or your house begins to look like my did...I knew before I left for Mexcio that I had to clear things out and after returning home it made it alot easier...It was the most wonderful feeling last week to just haul this stuff off and give it to others who had a use for it..The lady at the consignment store was very thankful for the things..I did not want to even set up an account..I told her to just enjoy...I still have more and will continue to go thru things and rid myself of this mess...I am having trouble today focusing..Carlos is really weighing in my mind..and his family...Things will be as GOD wants them and we just have to except GOD's ways..I do want to please him..We are hopeing that Adriana,a girl from the old orphanage that was adopted 3 years ago, will be coming for a visit in 3 weeks..Her family has a cruise planned but doesnt know if Adrianas passport will arrive in time for her to go..If not she will stay with us for the week..Sandra is very excited about that..If Adriana does get things in order to go with her family on the cruise we will still go and visit will she is in the Orlando area..Her father mentioned the girls going to Disney..So Christmas will be great for Sandra either way..We are going to keep things simple this year..No choice after the cost of the last year..But humans have made a very complicatied season with all this anyway..Just a time to remember family and the birth of our LORD..Even tho I am not sure it is really when he was born..But he was born and I am very thankful..It,to me, is not a material time to see who gets the best or most expensive things..or to go in debt...Sandra is back to school today and I think I should stop writing for now and get somemore things done before time to fix lunch and go pick her up...I will write more later and post tonight...

Please Pray

Carlos, our good friend and translator in Mexico is not doing well..Just recieved call from his sister that his health has begun to go down this past Thursday.Bleeding from nose, paralyzed on left side..In human eyes not good...A letter from the Denver doctors was lost in the mail..The letter should get him over the border if it is GOD's will..The replacement letter should come tomorrow and if he is able to go the visa office to get the visa..If this idea does not work the option is to have brain surgery there in Juarez to try and remove what can be removed and then chemo..The doctors there say that they think some damamge has been done to the brain already that can not be reversed...With GOD all things are possible...May it be GOD's will and not ours...

Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone..We are going to by brothers to celebrate..I had Sandra lookup the meaning of Thanksgiving and the tradition for it yesterday..When I told her how many people will be at my brothers she thought it was alot..11..So I am thankful that it is not the year for 30 or so..I want her to enjoy the day without being overwhelmed...Hap and I had chiropractic appointments yesterday so we took her and she had the exam and xrays..We go back for her on Monday and I really believe that it is going to help her in a lot of ways...I had noticed that she was having midback pain for a few weeks now...During the exam they realized the extent of a fall she had as a child...She said she fell off a large,cliff was the translated word) hill..With the translator it is sometimes hard to realize the exact word but it was a pretty big fall..She has 2 deep scars on the outside of one of her knees to prove it...anyway..the chiro did extensive xrays of her back to see if there might have been an old fracture...Monday will tell if there were any really bad injuries from before...It will be good to see the relief she gets once the treatments start...Then it will be a trip to the dentist to see what lies in her mouth...She has great looking teeth but you never know...
Well its is two days later and I am just getting ready to post this blog..Thanksgiving was great..Sandra ate so much she did the typical American thing..."I am so Full" was her response...Was a great day with 12 family members...She is getting completely submergered into english..No one spoke spanish..She is still hesitate to speak..So we are getting ready to really have to push her...Today Hap is fishing and Sandra and I are going over to some friends from church. They have a teenage daughter who is also 16 and a very good person..They have a pool table and Wii games so we are hopeing that the girls hit it off..She is in need of some girlfriends her age..That speak alittle spanish..She knows alot more english than she is willing to speak and I thought that she would do it on her own but it has become obvious that we will have to push and insist...She is so ready to do everything else without any prode but not the english speaking..SO push it will be..I am so excited to really be able to speak to her in depth..She loves to talk so I know we will have alot to talk about...Please keep this in prayer as the push begins...I will continue to try and post every couple of days...Thanks for your patience as I get into a routine...

NEWS

We are doing great..My life has not slowed down yet but I have been convicted two times in the last week to learn to say NO...I am trying and I am praying for GOD's strength to help me..Sandra is enjoying her week off from school..but is a burrito..HAHAHA.abolita..Not sure of the spelling but it means bored..but happy..We took her in this morning for her first chiropractic exam...We go back Monday for what the treatment will be...Seems as tho somewhere in her life she had a spinal injury and I had noticed she has a lot of pain in her midback since I have been around her all day...She remembers falling off a cliff when she was young and has the scars on her leg to back that up...The english is coming along..she understands ALOT but is still hesitate to speak it...That is what we are working on this week too.. This morning I had her read some of what the meaning of Thanksgiving is to help her understand tomorrow..Plus it will help when it comes time for American history in school..We are going this weekend to Fort Desoto with our boat and a friend's boat...Girls on one and boys on the other...THought that we would do the picnic thing and also have friends who have a 16 girl who we thought she would really enjoy going along with us..All adults but the two 16 yr olds..What better way to see if they click...All is great with the plans except I saw the weather forcast for Sat. and it looks cool..So we will just take blankets and enjoy the salt air..My mom is doing better..She has lifelink now so all she has to do is press a button and they will ask her if she wants us,the kids, called of 911.(but I had to really tell her that does not mean if she drops her pencil and just doesnt feel like picking it up.HAHA).If she does not respond they will automaticlly call 911..She is just having to learn that she has to do something to take care of her self..and of course I am the meany that pushes her..But it is for her good...CARLOS..I just recieved word that the doctors in Denver have written a letter to immigration and we are praying that he will either get a medical visa or humanitarian visa to go and get treatment..He has been unable to go to school since I left..almost 3 weeks and is staying at his aunts house full time for care...Please pray for him...He ofcourse says he is OK but anyone who knows him knows that he will ALWAYS be positive and trust GOD to take care of things...Oh if some of us could have that same unwaiver faith to know and except GOD's will for our lifes...Hap is loving the fact that his family is home...Michael,our son, enjoys the fact that mom is home..and of course Tyler is glad grammy is home...I so miss Mexico..I know that sounds crazy but the American pace is very very hard for me to adjust to...I think because I do not like it..We are a much to fast and now culture..It was so much easier to trust and depend of GOD without all the noise and rudeness of this country...Please dont get me wrong..America is a wonderful country..I am proud to be an american...Just confused as to what this country thinks living life is...To shot birds at someone who drives alittle slower than they think we should...To try and hit you if you pull out and they are still 100 yards away,and at the time you pull out they were only doing 35mph but speed up to 90mph...The lines in the stores, if you dont try and kill them to get in line you are pushed aside..People who only think in their box and what they want or what it is worth..MONEY,MONEY..ME,ME..WHERE IS GOD in this country that was founded on him..Trusting him...My mind does not want to adjust back to being on of THOSE americans and is having trouble finding the balance...But I will continue to trust GOD..I will continue to find love and work hard just to focus on what GOD wants from me...TO love all and over look offenses..To not judge,,to just LOVE,,,,

End of the First Week

It is the end of the first week and what a week...We are starting our schedule today..Sandra started school today...She was very nervous..So was I..We will have alot of homework and language work when she gets home...My mom is doing well..We have two doctors appointments coming up along with me starting back with the chiropractor...and on Friday...I AM GOING DIVING...I am excited..It has been 5 months since I have had a good salt water soak..My dive buddy and I are going to Jupiter for the day..We will leave about 5am and return around 6pm..Hap will pick Sandra up from school on that day...My mom has had a home health care person staying with her 24 hours aday..But I think next week we are going to drop that down to just a night person for a couple of weeks and then back to a regular routine for her too...She was just scared but she is about as normal as I could ask for...My house is in need of a purging...When I left I knew it was time but after returning from living with nothing for 5 months it is a must now...I have way to much stuff...I have already starting giving it away and what is left I will yard sale...This will not happen overnight because it is years of build up so it will take awhile...But oh how nice when it is through...Sandra is adjusting well...Sometimes it seems like to well...But when her language understanding improves we will work on that...She will have the counselor at school with the translator to help so that will be good for now...Hap is very happy to have his family back...I have seen my son more in the last week then in the past 3 years...So the family is coming together...I will try and post every few days...I dont want to lose track of this as later it will help when I decided what I am going to do with all this info...I will be trying to contact Carlos later today...I have not heard anything from Denver so I think I need to push that along if possible...Thank you again for all the support over the last few months...Oh yea...Yesterday at church they had 30 minutes before church started as a welcome home time for me and Sandra...We got alot of wonderful gift cards and cash...Even for Publix..So this was a great surprise...Sandra was talking to a friend who was adopted a couple of years ago last night telling her how happy she was..How much she likes her new grandmother..my mom..and everything...
Ok..Today is the 15th and I just realized that I had two drafts that I had not finished so I published the other one and I will try and round things out with this one and get back to blogging...It is now the end of the second week..She has done GREAT in school this week..She even went to Saturday school..I recieved a phone call and email this Wed. telling how proud they are of her and how she has just jumped right in and it trying very hard..I still have not had a breather except for Friday..My dive buddy and I went to Jupiter for the day and had two wonderful dives...Visability was maybe 30 foot but just to be under the water was great...Came home with two lobster..Sandra isnt much of a fan but maybe I should not have shown her the pic before showing her just the tails and cooking it...Last Saturday we went over to Tampa bay and did a little fishing with Dad and a friend...The seas were VERY choppy and the fish were not biting..We stayed out about 3 hours and headed back in...I just put a coat over Sandra's head and held onto her..We were running in very shallow water so you have to go fast to stay off the bottom..She really enjoyed it..I think she will probably be a fisher like her Dad...No news on Carlos..I have a friend there trying to find out some info..I have had no response to emails...I have not heard anything from Denver either..But they could have contacted Carlos and not me...Which is what I am praying...My mom is doing very well...She had her first day alone today...The day nurse didnt show up..I clearly told them thru Monday at 8am..They even recorded the call..So when I speak to them this week about what we owe them I will be charging $15 an hour for my unexpected care...I am not cheap..heheheh...We have a lady down the road that will come in only at night for the next couple of weeks and then I think that she will do well...She is just scared...Lifelink should arrive tomorrow or Tuesday and that will really help her feel secure...She sure did get spoiled with all the care of the last few months...But she will grow up again...Hap is doing great...Sandra is great...Our family is great...Life is great...I have not seen my son as much this week but I DO plan on starting the once amonth Sunday dinner in January...Figured we would get thru the holidays and then balance out again...BALANCE???? Not sure I know what that is yet...I have to find it soon tho...GOD will have to do this one..Because I feel as tho I am falling right back into the rut again and I DO NOT want that...Hap says that I have become much more out spoken which if I use that in a GODLY way will be very good...I have to remember who I am here to please...There are alot of changes coming in the near future..So if anyone is reading this please continue to keep us in prayer for smooth transitions...I cant go into it now but as it begins to play out I will be able to speak of it then..Sometime I think GOD wants us to just trust him and not speak..I read somewhere in Proverbs that it is only the fool who speaks with many words...The wise man uses few....Love to all and I will try and start to write some each day again...

Home and adusting

What a new adventure to be home...Sights,sounds,people...very odd for me so I can imagine for Sandra...We are hopeing that school will start for her on Monday..She had to get more shots to make the state of FLorida happy...and then we have post adoption things I need to start on soon...She seems to be adapting very well...Just alot of new things...She had her room set up by Monday night..We went clothes shopping Tuesday and yesterday along with the other shots the state of Florida says she had to get and the school would not except her US government physical so today we are off to do that...We both long for a down day...Today is the 15th and I just realized I had not published this..So here is this one and I have another draft I will do too...I am so sorry to leave you hanging...

At Home

We are back home in Florida and everyone is in bed and I cant sleep..I am having some culture shock and very overwhelming feelings of weird thoughts..I am sure that this in normal..and I can see it is going to take some getting use too..Sandra just keep saying how bonita everything is..How beautiful..and it was dark..I think she will do ok..But I do know to that she is one to hold alot in..We will be working..At finding some counselling...How cool that Hap and Michael picked us up at the airport and 3 friends from church that speak spanish also came to the airport..As soon as we got to the house she started unpacking and was setting that room up but with in an hour she was ready to go to bed...I think she likes her OWN bedroom..after being in orphanages for 5 years...anyway I just wanted to post something to let you know that I will try and do alittle each day and see if anyone is still following..Except now we can talk by phone..but I will be journaling after this because I am really thinking of a book...just a thought...THANK YOU LORD for the friends and family that I have.....