Embassy Appointment

Today was our second day of parenthood! We are loving every second of it. Liam is such a sweet boy, he has only cried once and that was only for about 1 minute. He is an awesome napper and sleeper, all we have to do is lay him in his crib and he is out like a light. It is precious! We brought him back to our hotel yesterday around noon, had lunch, he took his nap, we played in the room all day then had supper, a bath, and in bed by 8. The bath was an experience, I am pretty sure he has never been in a tub before, it took a lot of convincing to get him to sit down, finally with some assistance he gave it a try...but getting him to stand back up was another thing all together :) he was ok with the bath but you could tell he thought we were crazy people trying to freeze him to death hahaha.
Today we had our embassy appointment at 9 am, it was an in and out kind of thing. We were outta there by 9:30. All we had to do was sign his visa form, our agency will pick up his visa on Friday and we can be on our way back to the US on Saturday, once his paperwork is scanned in by the immigration official in the airport he will be a US citizen! We spent most of the day in the hotel again today, I took a long much needed nap while Josh and Liam played. Tonight we went to the mall to buy a jacket for our little man since I left his at home and believe it or not it is pretty chilly here in Africa! It may have something to do with that wonder 90-100 degree weather we are used to but I pretty much wear my jacket all of the time. We ate supper at a cafe, Liam loves to eat, I think he may be over eating just a bit so we are trying to slow him down and at least get him to chew most of his bites, he had chicken nuggets and fries and loved them! We had american pizza and hated it .....oh well.
We have tons of pictures, but for some reason none of us all together. We will work on that tomorrow. I will post them when I get home, right now I am stealing the computer from Josh and his homework.

I am blown away by the way of life here, it is so hard for me to ride down the street and see all the hunger and illness. Every time the car is stopped which is quite a bit there are homeless people mainly women and children holding their hands out to your car window. I wish there was away to feed them all, I keep thinking, whatever you do to the least of these you do to me...but how can you help so many? The nights are so cold and the bridges are lined with people sleeping wrapped in only a tarp or a blanket, women, children, babies, cripples, we are so truly blessed in America to have to many opportunities to help those who are homeless and hungry, these people have no opportunity. There is no welfare check or hud housing, no food stamp card, not nearly enough shelters, it is really hard to explain the pain in their dim eyes. It makes me feel so guilty that I am going home to my full refrigerator and pantry, with my soft comfy bed, and throw away half of what I cook or order when so many have not had a full meal in days or maybe ever. What can we do to change the world? As Christians we are called to care for the poor and the hurting but what do we really do? Look at these people, read these words, hear about it on the news, and say how sad and then go on with our lives like nothing is happening. I am very convicted about this because that is sadly my typically way of thinking...wish there was something I could do, and moving on while doing nothing. I know I am ranting but I really believe there is more I can do, that we all can do.