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March was here and it felt like one of those dreams where you are trying to complete something but throughout the whole dream a million things happen and you never reach your goal. Here we were at the end of the PGN process and yet we weren’t done with the PGN. Two times we’ve shouted with excitement when we heard we were supposedly out and yet we still had not received our papers from them.
Fortunately two friends that we had become close with over the Guatemala Adoption Forum were headed to Guatemala and they made plans to meet up with Kristina. Nothing could have been timed better. These two, Lisa and Jen, had children from Guatemala as well and so it was a tremendous time for Kristina. Just as she seemed to reach the end of her rope, some sort of encouragement seemed to show up. That was especially important for me here at home as I could do little to brighten her spirits.
Fortunately having them there helped when we learned that a week after the “missing paper ordeal” took place our lawyer had yet to pick up the papers from the PGN. I called him and he said it may be still the next Thursday or Friday before they could be retrieved. I spoke with my friend in Guatemala who said he would again pursue things on his end for me. He told me that him and the congressman would go to the PGN on Monday. Unfortunately as Monday rolled around protests in the city shut most operations down completely!
Unbelievably, the next two days held yet even more drama. As you may be growing accustomed to, let’s read as Kristina recounts these two days.
Silver Lining
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
7:51 PM
Well the past two days have been an emotional roller coaster. Tuesday Edwin went to get the papers and they told him they needed another document. The document had to come from Santa Maria, four hours away. This is the town where Mia was born. So Edwin said he was going to pick up the paper on Friday. Well I was totally upset. I was so angry at everyone and everything. I did not know what to do. I told Cody right now I could not pray because I had too many angry emotions inside and I could not let them go at that moment.
Cody told me when Mia laid down to take a nap, to go and sit at the table with my Bible and notebook and test the verse, “Be still and know that I am God…” Just sit quietly and tell God that I could not talk to Him right now but that I needed Him to talk to me. I promised him I would do that. I read Psalm 46 and just sat quietly for an hour. One phrase kept running through my mind ,”I know, but do I believe? If I believe, then why do I doubt?” I talked myself through this phrase and by the end I honestly said God I need a miracle, men can do nothing but I know you can. I don’t truly believe a miracle will happen but I am asking You for one. I went to try and take a nap but could not sleep, I was depressed. Marcelo called around 3:30pm and said, “Kristina, this is Marcelo. I am in PGN right now with Carlos, and Edwin. Carlos has talked to the reviewer and the reviewer said we don’t need the document he requested and that he would fix everything and the papers should be ready for pick up Thursday afternoon or the latest Friday.” All I could say was “Praise God” I am not too excited because I know how things change all the time, but we will stay hopeful that we will be out of PGN this Friday. Praise God!!!
The Mummau Series
1. Choosing To Adopt
2. Why International? Why Guatemala?
3. The Call From Guatemala
4. The Process Begins
5. A Prelude To Mia
6. How Can You “Choose” A Child – Leaving Others Behind?
7. Peer Into The Heart – Journal Entries
8. Meeting Maria – Finding Mia
9. Leaving Our Daughter…is that…no way!
10. Rivers of Waiting
11. Mistakes, Intentions, and Naivety – How Hope Began To Die
12. Alone in Guatemala and Waiting
13. Time Marches On – Goodbye Mia for Now
14. Joyful Gringos in Quetzaltenango
15. Mia Mia
16. Abuela Comes To The Rescue
17. Doctors, Couriers, and Delays
18. Even So, You Won’t Believe This
19. The Summer of Frustration Ends
20. Fall Approaches with Broken Hearts…Teeth
21. 1600 Miles from Tecpan (pt.1)
22. 1600 Miles from Tecpan (pt.2)
23. Kristina Comes Home
24. Mia’s First Steps
25. December’s Momentum
26. An Angel In The Embassy? I
27. An Angel in the Embassy? II
28. A Christmas to Remember…and Forget
29. Daddy’s 2nd Visit
30. Clash at The Embassy
31. We’re In The PGN! OK Let Us Out!
32. Accomodations
33. The Pencil – Never Give Up
34. Exiting the PGN…sort of
35. Exiting the PGN…yet again
36. Daddy Has Enough
37. The Countdown Begins
38. Easter Brings Hope
39. Sit With Me in San Cristobal
40. T-Minus a few things and counting
41. My New Favorite Color
42. Hope Becomes Reality-The Embassy Interview
43. Mia Mummau Goes Home
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