Safe Travels

J playing in his first McDonald's Play place

After 25 hours in the car we made it to Salt Lake City.  It was a bit of daja vu as we drove over the mountain.  It is almost hard for us to believe that we are here.  Jeremiah did a great job on the road.  He probably slept for 20 of the 25 hours.  We are praising God for that.  Robert is a driving machine.  I kept telling him "we can stop at a hotel anytime" but he kept pushing through.  We did stop at a hotel parking lot for 1 hour when I wimped out on my driving shift because I couldn't keep my eyes open.  We are thankful that God kept us safe as we drove through the bitterly cold night on some very snowy roads.

After arriving in Salt Lake we ran a few errands and after that it was early to bed for all.  Jeremiah went down without a fight last night.  I'm hoping he got the memo that he is now a big brother and big brothers sleep through the night.

Driving over the mountain into Salt Lake

This afternoon we are anticipating that we will get to finally see Jeremiah's birth mom and meet the new little man.  We would appreciate your prayers for today as J's birth mom goes though labor.  Pray for a fast and safe delivery.  Pray for God to wrap his arms around her and comfort her as she thinks of giving another baby away.  Pray for Jeremiah to be a happy boy while we are together.  He is in his shy stage and sometimes cries around strangers and I know it would hurt her heart so much if he was upset when we were together.  And pray for words of love and grace to flow out of our mouths to her as we meet together this afternoon.  We know that in ourselves we have no comfort to give in such a hard time but we pray that we can be instruments of the true comforter, Jesus Christ to her.