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That's not a typo up there: I didn't give it a name on purpose.

Ya know how people say something is so amazing that they just don't have words to express how they feel about it? I really feel that way!

We've been back from Haiti for almost 2 weeks now, & I haven't posted a blog entry because I haven't been able to find the words to describe it. Not just one aspect of the trip, either....

Let me try to describe the 2 major areas of this trip over the next couple of posts. This week, I'll try to tackle describing the best part of this trip: meeting my son.

We saw the pictures. We knew he was cute.

Those puffy little lips...

Those chubby little cheeks...

Those big, brown eyes...

But we didn't realize that his grip was so strong! No, no, no... Not the grip of his hands, the grip he has on our hearts!

We've been wondering how this would all pan out...

Would he accept us?

Would he have a personality compatible with mine? Jen's? The girls'?

Would he be cold & aloof, rejecting the love we want so much to offer?

What we discovered in our far-too-few days with him is that He was created to be a part of our family! Yes, he was born to other parents in another part of the world, but I'm just as sure that God created him to be my son as I am that God created Jen to be my wife and Micaiah, Hosanna, Faith, & Leili to be my daughters!

There really are no words to describe how it felt to be there with him!

Well, maybe there are...

I felt like I had come home to be with my son.

By the way, Carlos has a new name: Judah Benjamin. (The girls helped Jen & I pick that out.)

I sure do miss him!

And there are no words to describe how it feels!!!