Dear family and friends,
First let me say Thank You for all of your thoughts and prayers. Although I am not able to read your comments I feel your prayers with me. Most of the day has been difficult because I spent it trying to book a completely new flight just to get home but I was cut off at every turn. There were just no flights available for me to access via e-ticket. I then e-mailed our travel agent, which was sleeping because he in in the US, to tell him to try to find a completely new flight and we would just buy a new ticket on whatever airline he could find. He just got back with me recently and he has found a flight out of Ho Chi Minh City early Monday morning. I just need to be able to book a flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City for tomorrow. The booking desk is closed here right now so I will go at 7 in the morning and try to get a flight. If this works out I will stay in Ho Chi Minh City tomorrow night and leave Monday morning. Pray God's will. If he needs me here until Wednesday then may his will be done. Haden is still not feeling very good nor is he eating much. Every time he is awake, which in not much, he is crying. I think his chest must be hurting hime from all of the coughing. His breathing is still a little rapid. Pray that he feels better. I just want to see him smile again. He is just precious and you all will just fall in love with him as we all did. If I have time tomorrow befor flying out, if it all works, I may take him back to the clinic and let them take another look at him. I just don't want him to get dehydrated.
I went to dinner with our friends that were in our group. We had a nice time together. I was glad to have company. After being sad much of the day I made it over a hump and things turned around. I am feeling much better with a smile on my face and just trusting God. Now I can move forward and make the best of the rest of my trip. Hanna gave me a list of things she forgot to buy that she would like me to try and get. Hopefully I will have time. I have talked with her and Jeff a few times today as they were on their trip home. When they got to LA I asked her is she was able to get some good American food and her response was yes I got McDonalds and a Dr. Pepper. That put a smile on my face. She also said she was glad to be back in a place with traffic rules.
Well I think that is all for now. I love you all and can't wait to be home.
Love Dedra
posted by Jeff @ 7:26 AM
4 Comments:
Thank God for your post! I bet this blog has been checked more than any other in cyberspace right now. Now it is almost 11 pm for you so when you wake up it will be Sunday there. At worst that means only one more day before you can leave.
Our prayers continue to surround you and as you said-if God wants you there until Wednesday that is how it will be.
Just feel our love and the fact that all of us are sending you our presence in spirit. Not only is God with you but we all are there too.
I bet when you get home you will be able to sleep 24 hours straight....and there would be no lack of volunteers to watch Haden and to take care of Hanna so Jeff can work. I hope that traffic on Wendover doesn't confuse him after 2 weeks with no traffic rules...LOL
Love and God speed
Dedra, I have always admired you because you are such a strong woman. Once again, you have proven that to be true. Your faith in God is amazing. Just remember that God gave Haden a chance in life by giving him a wonderful godly family. He also knew that it would not be an easy road to travel by getting Haden, therefore, he had to pick a very special family for Haden that was strong and had a lot of faith in him through the journey. We will continue to pray for you and Haden until you get home. Donald and I called so many people last night for additional prayers and we will continue to do so until your return!! We miss you a lot and really want you home, but our prayer is that God will bring you and Haden home safely. We love you bunches.
Jennifer (Donald & Kayla)
PS: You have to hurry home because I don't think I have many joy or sadness tears left.
If you don't soon get home Jennifer Brewer is going to run out of tears. She has cried enough to last a life time. You know me I don't cry easily but trust me my heart still is breaking for you. But I know you are such a strong woman and you have such great faith that I know you will come through this just fine. We are praying for Haden to soon feel better and that a flight will soon come open.
Loving and missing you,
Jamey
Good Morning my Wonderful Daughter. I called Your house this morning,Saturday about 10:00am and Jeff and Hanna had just gotten home. I couldno't stand it any longer not knowing what was going on. He told me he had talked to you I think 2 times while he and Hanna were in route back home. I found out about your possible flight schedule and that made me feel a little better. Then he told me that you guys had not been able to read any of the postings since you had been over there.That broke my heart, knowing that you are over there and know way to communicate with anyone. I hope that Haden will be feeling a little better by time you fly.I know you will be more at eaze when you get back and can get Haden checked out by Hannas pediatrition.
Jeff gave me the phone number that you called him from and I am going to try to call you if I can get through. If I can not I just want you to know when you get back home and start reading all of these post that all you friends and family have been with you in spirit and prayers the whole trip.
I know that Jeff and Hanna are lost without you and you with out them but you are on the down side slope of this long jorney now. The end is very close.Keep your faith and know that god has had this whole thing planned for a long time.
I love you and miss you and know the feeling you are going through is exhausting.
The is with you and keeping you safe.
Love Mom and Denman
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