My New Cousins! Steeve & Jacob!

Yes! My aunt Jen & Uncle Dave are adopting Steeve & Jacob (Jean Baptist)! I knew since the second i saw Steeve's picture that he will always have a place in my heart. But it wasn't until i found out he asked Jen to be his white mama, that i "knew" he was going to be my cousin. Plus, when i got to Haiti occasionally (when he wasn't with Jen) Steeve would come & sit on my lap or tell me- not ask, tell me to hold him. & when i did there was just a familiar look in his in his eyes that i see with my other cousins. I was telling Jen there was a way he looked at me & a way he held me. & when ever i came up to the nursery, Jacob would come to me (that is if Woody didn't run into me first!) Amanda, one of the girls that stayed 3 weeks in Haiti, told me something i will never forget. She said that she doesn't believe in coincidences & that it is all God. & now i feel that way. Soooo i thought it would be a good time to announce that God talked to me for the very first time. I haven't told anyone, not even my mom yet because i thought i was kind of making it up, but i am pretty sure i WASN'T! He told me that Steeve & Jacob was my family. And He told me to love on them even more when Jen & Dave left & that they were going to need it & you know what... after Jen & Dave walk out of the big blue gate Steeve melted into tears. Even worst than the other kids. Steeve wouldn't even come for fruit gummies! He sat outside in a corner. So after slowly getting away from Richecard i set him on my lap & we sat in that corner. I just let him cry & i just let him take in my love for him. Then i took him upstairs to see his brother after he stopped crying. I held them both. And we just sat there embracing in each other's love & miss for our Mama Jennifer & Papa Dave. (This was all before Jen & Dave made their decision) Steeve soon after felt a lot better & tried to hang with the Steven & Fritzon (how i remember those small details, i don't know). I can't wait to tell Steeve & jacob how God talked about them to me one day when they are stronge young men of Christ (because as a Jordahl, you know they will be!) And wouldn't it make you feel good inside to know that God talked about YOU! After that i went to treat to Caleb & Isabel... but that's my next post...