to haiti and back with los tweems

posted by sharla, NOT in haitian prison

jacob gets his hair styled in haiti

here are the cliffnotes of my trip to haiti to take care of adoption paperwork to adopt Isaac and Jacob:

traveled from santiago, DR to cap haitian, haiti with twins, Ben White, and the boys' parents. took van, truck, bus, and taxi over some of the bumpiest roads ever and at one point could hear my brain rattling against my skull.

the boys' mother decided not to sign the abandonment papers, then decided she would but it was too late as adoption agency didn't want to work with a mom who was changing her mind back and forth. mom does NOT want boys, just didn't want to sign papers (main purpose of the trip, mind you).

took care of all other paperwork necessary for adoption and medical visa - hoping to find another agency to work with us.

took boys to mother's village so her friends and family could see that she had not "sold the babies," which was the rumor. were surrounded by many, many haitians who exclaimed that the mother had not, in fact, sold them. met a 1 year old girl named B.I.G. as in notorious. (if you are older than me you will not understand.)

crossed back into the DR without getting arrested for "stealing babies," as we were warned was a possibility. left this out of previous updates so that my mother wouldn't worry. a special thanks to those of you who offered to bring me food and special juice in jail and/or send some sort of military rescue team in helicopters to get us out. fortunately i did not need to take you up on your generous offers.

returned back to the DR and am continuing to pursue other avenues to complete the adoption. confident that the Lord will show the way.

came back to texas. miss my boys.

[a few side notes: the boys are called "los tweems" in honor of our dominican friend who always refers to them as this when attempting to say "twins" in english. we find it endearing. also, should i spell jacob's name jakob? a friend had said from the beginning that this is who i should spell it, but i thought that might be annoying for him to always have to correct everyone. however, i've since realized that in creole, you spell jacob with a k, so i'm reconsidering. thoughts?]