Into the Nations

Friday, October 5, 2012

They're Home!

I don't have the time right now to tell you adequately how wonderfully they're doing

or how perfect they are

or how funy

or cute

I will try to do that, today or tomorrow, but for now I'm just writing a quick post to say,

"they're Gilbartes, and they're home forever!"

and I'll post a few pictures:)

A little scared, and very tired!

He's not quite sure about what to think

Thursday, October 4, 2012

They're coming HOME!

"Embote! Nalingi yo!" I yelled into the phone.

From the other end I heard a stream of lingala, the voices of my parents speaking English, and a little, "Kadi say..." and then a little voice with an accent said,

"Hello? I love you!"

Those were the first words I heard from my newest little brother.

Yes!

They're coming home!

*TONIGHT*!

I can finally spill the beans! I have had to wait for what feels like forever to tell you, but now I can!

They're coming home!

Before I go further, I want to show you my sister...

Isn't she precious!

My parents have been in Congo for the past two weeks,

and they finally landed in America!

I wasn't allowed to put anything on the blog for safety reasons, and that was hard! But now I can finally tell you all.

These two *Gilbartes* will be forever home in about 6 hours!

They have been in Congo together for the past 10 days.

They have been traveling home for the past 30 hours

They will be home in 6 hours.

Forever.

We have been able to Skye a little, and talk on the telephone some.

I have talked to my brother.

I have seen more pictures.

I have had at least half a dozen dreams about them coming home.

they'll be here so soon!

I'll post again with homecoming pictures tomorrowish.

Please, keep us in your prayers!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Moon...

The skys declare the glory of God!

I saw the moon last night, and knew I had to get pictures of it. It was so beautiful!

The night was very cloudy, so I was outside for about 1/2 hour waiting for the moon to come out from behind clouds, but it was worth it!

What do you like to take pictures of?

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Photo Challenge

I found out about this photo challenge off another blog,

and decided to enter.

The theme is portraits, and that is my favorite kind of picture to take.

What do you think about this?

To enter to go: http://shineyourglorydown.blogspot.com/

Friday, September 28, 2012

An Amazing Discovery

Another fun day with our Grandparents!

We are truly blessed to have such fun grandparents as we have!

Everyday this week we have done something fun, interesting, and of course, educational:)

Today we went to New Bern to the Tryon Palace.

At the museum we got an amazing surprise.
It all started with a nice older man working there who gave us a challenge to find a list of things in the museum displays. By the time we left this man felt like a third grandfather to me!  We were the only people there so he was able to give us his whole attention.  He would tell us what to find, we would go look for it, and go get him when we found it.
When I was trying to find a portrait of John Roberts someone started calling me, and I went to see what it was.
My grandparents were staring at a display with a picture.
"Guess who this is," my grandma said pointing to a man in the picture.
I though  I recognized him, but before I said anything she told me,
"It's your great grandfather!" I studied the picture.
There was an African American man, a lady, and a man with his head turned.  They were standing in a flower field working. The lady was bunch of tulips.