Not too long ago, we highlighted each of the “big kids” at the Buckner Baby Home home.  However, as you may have noticed, we left out one very special big kid: Juan Pablo.  As many of you know, Juan Pablo is being adopted by our good friends John and Emily Wiggins. 

Since John and Emily have their own blog dedicated to telling tales about JP and their adoption, we’ll leave the storytelling to them! We highly recommend   that you spend some time on their site getting to know JP and his wonderful parents.

Since we aren’t introducing you to JP like we did with the other kids, this post has a slightly different aim. By writing this note, we hope to encourage you to pray for this family.  John and Emily left on Wednesday for what is hopefully their last adoption-related trip to Guatemala! This is it! The next time we see them they will (hopefully) be in Indiana with their son!

Over the next few days, they will be wrapping up loose ends at the U.S. Embassy and preparing for their exit/Visa interview.  Please pray that their paperwork is in order and that they receive word that they can finally take their son home!

I know that John and Emily would also want you to pray for the other kids.  Since the Baby Home is closing, the kids are being split apart.   I wish I could do more for Danni and Alejandra.  I wish I could be there for them.  Can you imagine how Danni must be feeling right now?  He’s seven and has just been taken away from his home and his “family” and moved to a different orphanage.  Who’s loving on him? Who’s hugging him and kissing him and telling him everything is going to be all right? 

And Ale.  There’s no family for her yet.  Her
“brothers” have all left.  She must be so confused.  And scared.  And lonely. 

Please ask God that He would look after these special children, love them, and comfort them.

Several months ago, Emily Wiggins suggested I write a story about our experiences in Guatemala and submit it to Buckner.  Eventually, I took her advice, wrote a story, got some revision tips from a friend (the wonderful and talented Megan Hamand), and sent it off.  I found out last week that Buckner used it in their November e-newsletter.  You can check it out here: Buckner News.

It’s exciting to see God using my English/creative writing degree in unexpected ways!

We have whole bean and ground.

$10 per bag–Starbucks sells their coffee from Antigua for $10.65. The coffee we brought back can be purchased online for $17.

We also brought back coffee bags/purses.

These bags will go for $20.

We’ll have the coffee and bags at a table set up in the atrium for the next few weeks!