And so we meet......
Today we met. Allot of things to write so I'll hit the big events. We were to meet at the Holt office at 1:30pm. We arrived around a 1/2 hour early. We saw the building and decided to grab a quick lunch. We turned back to a bakery we saw when we came out of the subway. As we turned around Sarah saw Jia holding hands with her foster mom walking towards the Holt building. Sarah was at a loss for words and couldn't signal to me quick enough. By the time she got the words out to me I saw the back of Jia Turing a corner. It was like a movie - a movie of a love missed; or something like that. Anyway Sarah's heart dropped. When lunch was over we walked into the building and went up to the 2nd floor. Their Jia was, sitting on the lap of her foster mom, getting some photo's taken. We went to a private room for our meeting. I (TJ) took a seat on the floor. Jia sat on my lap. I gave her some candy (yes a planned bribe). Later she saw Sarah's bracelets and headed to take them. We were told that Jia is a princess an all girl - kind of girl! Her and Gracie should get along great! The meeting went well, but the end was heart breaking. The good bye between the foster mom and Jia was as sad as any good author could have written. The moment was full of grief and yet hope. Jia's foster mom-a strong christian has been praying for this day. I asked the foster mom what inspires her to be a foster parent. Her answer should not have been surprising, but was still overwhelming. She said Gods love for her and his grace towards her, gives her the desire and strength to do such a job that is filled with reward and at the end sadness when the time to say good bye comes. She has been fostering for 10 years. She will definitely have rewards in heaven waiting for her.
We took a cab back to the hotel. Jia had a tear in her eye as she fell asleep on Sarah's shoulder. All you can do in a moment like that is pray for God's peace. I believe he is comforting Jia. Sarah couldn't delay showing Jia some of her new clothes. Jia was excited and kept saying "yeh poo dah", this means pretty. Jia dived in and put on some shoes, a pink skirt, tights and of course sarahs jewelry. We played around for a while and blew bubbles. We were told Jia's favorite food is pizza or in Korean - pija. Pizza it was. We found an Italian restaurant and off we went.
After dinner it was bath time. We video skyped the kids and Jia was in full action. As a matter of fact while I'm typing Sarah and Jia are in bed, but Jia isn't slowing down. She is jabbering like nobodies business. She is repeating everything we say. God has been good! This should be no surprise.
