The Plan

Wow.
You guys amaze me with your un-ending support.
You have no idea how uplifted and encouragement we feel by all of you.
Therefore, encourage each other and strengthen one another as you are doing. 
1 Thessalonians 5:11
It's so Thessalonica-ish of you! {Ha, I just made up a word}
Or is it Paul-ish of you since he wrote the book of Thessalonians?
I dunno.

Anyhoo,
The plan is that John and Jordan and maybe Jason-who isn't sure he wants to do that plane ride again and I can't say I blame him- will go and pick up our little Mr.
{who really needs a name by the way}.
John and I will high five and tag team in the airport when he lands with him
at which point
John will go home and sleep off the jet lag
and I will go directly from the airport to the hospital with little man.

It's in that moment
on that day 
that we will know.

He will either be a candidate for surgery after they run their tests
or
he won't.

We have had his file reviewed by the heads of cardiology at a few different hospitals including Boston Childrens,
which
if you have a kiddo with a sick heart
Boston Children's is where you need to be.
We kept getting the same answer.
There is no way to know.
They need certain tests done,
they need more information.
Too many unknowns for them to tell us how this will go.

Somehow
someway
we have tremendous peace about that.

We are either going to be bringing home a child that can be helped by modern medicine
or
we are going to be bringing home a child that we will love, laugh and have life with for as long as we are blessed to have him.

Days?
Months?
Years?
No idea.

But peace nonetheless.

I'm not gonna lie.
This is a lot. 
A lot
a lot.
There is a tremendous amount of things going on right now in our family.
We have some big adjustments ahead
but really
really?
None of our reasons would ever be reason enough to leave this little boy to die alone.
None.

So we press on toward the goal that God has called us to and we do so no matter the trials knowing He is right there with us.
He has gone ahead of us in this.
We are doing what He has asked of us.
He knows precisely how all of this will play out.
And that,
THAT is what I cling to.
{and chocolate. I cling to chocolate. But not near as much as I cling to Jesus}
Just FYI.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27