Ranjit Day Five

Poor boy broke my heart in the middle of the night last night.  I woke up to the sound of his sweet little sobs.  I let him sleep with the other kids until he wakes up or needs me because I’d like him to get used to being with Jackson because that is how it will be at home.  I’m sensitive to his needs right now though so if he doesn’t make it in there that’s just fine too.  I’m sleeping like I have a newborn (he’s newborn to us!) so I’m barely sleeping but am thankful for that because I was able to wake up to hear him crying quietly in the next room around 2am.  I went in and when he heard my voice he immediately tensed his whole body to lay straight as a board and tried his hardest not to cry.  I continued to tell him it was OK and that he could come with mommy and then when I touched him he actually woke up and came to me.  He was crying in his sleep and I think when he first heard my voice he didn’t remember he was with us but instead thought maybe he was getting in trouble in the orphanage for crying in the night.  I’m sure it is unacceptable because it would be very hard for them if one child was keeping everyone else awake but it breaks my heart.  Once he woke up he came to me and let me hold him and then he slept with us the rest of the night.  Poor little buddy :(

We went down to our last breakfast here at the hotel as we’re leaving very early tomorrow morning for our flight to New Delhi.  They have been so great with us and we’re very thankful for the kindness and help.  We got our final bill tonight and I had been dreading it thinking it would be a lot more than we were originally quoted because we are in this huge apartment instead of a small studio.  We didn’t ask for the bigger room when we checked in, they just gave it to us.  At this point we didn’t care because since Ranjit came to us so much earlier it was SOO nice to have all this room for all of us.  The bill was very acceptable and even with having a driver three days and a few meals charged to the room it still was only around $125/night.  BUT we finally figured out that we are not where we thought we were.  I feel really silly because  we’ve been here all this time not knowing.  When I made the reservation we were trying to get their location in Koreagon Park but they were booked up for months.  We saw they had another location so I put it in google maps and it didn’t look that much farther away.  All this time I thought google maps was right but it was way wrong!  We’re way on the outskirts of Pune in the opposite direction of most everything.  That would account for us being very confused this whole time and spending tons of money on drivers!  Oh well, we’re very thankful it was very nice here.  If there’s ever a next time though, we’d stay closer.

We noticed a little yesterday and even more today that Ranjit is wanting to play by himself.  He’s not really voicing that but we just notice he’ll be off playing something else while the other two are playing.  It’s totally fine by us and he’s not acting out or anything, just found it interesting.  Maybe he’s sick of their bickering ;)

I’m finding it a little hard today thinking of leaving this city that our son has been in for five years.  I wonder when/if we’ll ever get back here and I wonder if he’ll want to.  I’d like to go by and hug the orphanage staff one more time but I know I can’t.  I’m thankful they will see his post placement reports and know how he is doing with us.

We took a long walk in a different direction today and found a great restaurant that was very cheap.  Of course you always find this stuff on your last day right???  I could seriously live on Asian food for the rest of my days!  Ranjit even ate a little spicy tonight!

This evening while the kids were playing they decided on hide and seek (again, thankful for the big apartment!).  Ranjit quickly caught on and was all giggles.  I can’t get enough of his little voice and he would sit on my lap so I could cover his eyes while he counted to 40.  The 30’s are the best because with his accent he sounds like “turdy-one, turdy-two.”  Jack and I giggled quietly to each other just soaking in these cute little moments.

Tonight during prayers he said he’d like to pray, which was the first time since his first night with us.  He feels the need to get out of bed and stand in front of all of us like he’s giving a big speech.  He says “mommy, daddy, emma, jackson, laila!”  And then hops back in bed.  I thought maybe this was a sign of no crying tonight but I was wrong.  He did however choose daddy to be the one to comfort him tonight and I thought that was a very good sign.  He really hasn’t shown preference between the two of us but was always being comforted by me before tonight.  I can see God healing his little heart and I’m so thankful.

I set up for Emma and Jackson to be able to skype with their classes tonight.  They were so joyed when then their picture came up on the screen at school and all the kids cheered :)  I love the light that they’re shining for orphans to the other kids.

Best part of today:  I got a little smooch on the cheek from RJ.  He’s just randomly coming up for a hug now or coming up to me with his arms up to be held.  He’s still testing his limits but has still been very good when he sees that we won’t budge.  We’re showing our love and he’s showing his.  It’s a beautiful dance that we’ll be perfecting the rest of all of our kids lives.

Tomorrow is the BIG day in Delhi.  We need our car to be at the airport right when we land and we’ll all split up as I take Ranjit to his Med Center and Embassy appointments.  I’m praying that the med center will just do an x-ray instead of the skin TB test.  As far as I know no one has ever asked so I’ve got nothing to lose.  It would save us coming back to have the test read.  I’m also praying all this timing works out.  These are the things you can really pray for us today.  Hopefully tomorrow night I’ll blog to you from Delhi that everything worked out just fine.  Also pray for Ranjit as this will be his first airplane ride.  You can tell the orphanage prepared him because when we explain it to him he says “YES!” and turns his hand into an airplane and flied it through the air :)

Thought I’d share this video our church posted.  They played it on Sunday at church.  We’re very thankful for their love and support and we’re helping hold an adoption workshop on Nov 17th to help families interested in adopting.  Now more than ever we see the need and I don’t think I’ll ever get the faces of those sweet little children out of my head that we left behind on Friday.  Is God calling you to one of them?