We had already completed application for adoption through His Home for Children in Port-au-Prince, and we had to decide whether we were going to adopt or not. We had talked about several kids at the Sonlight Children's Home that we were familiar with but none were available for adoption. We were going to have to place this in God's hands and let him find us a child or we were going to have to quit at this point.
In the book of Joshua, in the Bible, when it came time to for Israelites to inherit the promised land Joshua divided the land based on lots. I had thought this interesting that each tribe inherited their land based on a system like drawing straws, but this was their way of allowing God to choose for each tribe where he wanted them to go. Maybe we needed to let someone else choose a child for us so God could have a hand in this and HE could send us the child we could help the most. I believe we will be able to tell our Haitian child (children) that God chose them for us and sent them to us.
We finally came to the decision that we were going to let Chris Nungester choose a child for us from her children. She chose for us a little boy named Davidson. We were told that he was born with bilateral club feet and that these had already been surgically repaired on one of the cruise ships that comes around to help the children and teach Haitian surgeons at the same time. He stayed in casts for a good time, and he is now wearing braces. He is three years old now, and they are trying to get him up and walking to strengthen his lower legs.
Davidson
In this process we thought about the child we adopted being lonely or being a stranger in a different world here in the United States, and we thought that he might do better with a friend coming with him who would become his brother so we told Chris to find us another child to go with him. We did not know the Haitian laws were going to change and that suddenly everything had to be in September of 2012. Chris called us and told us that there was a boy she thought would be perfect for us, and she wanted him to go to a good home. She told us he was sweet, kind, and very quiet, and she was not sure if she would have any choice in where he went after the laws changed. We were pleased to be able to agree to adopt him, too. Now, not only was God sending us a Haitian child, but he was sending us two children. The second boy's name is Cherdinor, and he was born with a cleft lip and palate. He came to the US twice for surgery and has done well following his surgeries. He is five years old.
Cherdinor
WE think that both children are perfect and we thank God for him allowing us to adopt them. We hope that we can live up to his trust.
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