Father's Day / Celebration pictures !!!!

Yup.....you guessed it. My Daddy's first Father's Day. It's time to party!

We had an incredible Father's Day service at church in Soweto on Sunday. We began with some praise and worship, then Kim and I had an opportunity to share with the congregation about what God has done in the past few weeks. We thanked God for our June 6th "gotcha" day; many people in the church fasted and prayed for us on many of our court dates, including June 6th.

Pastor Samuel then said that the church was going to have time of praise and celebration, both for Father's Day but especially in honor of Sundi and Damon. It began innocently enough, by praying for us.


The choir then came out and presented us with leigh's/necklaces. Next thing you know, some men picked me off my feet and started a dance train around the church. A Luo man picked up Damon and carried him, and a Kamba woman carried Sundi. And the party began.



We then shifted gears pack to a heritage theme. They started with singing a Luo song for Damon, then a Kamba song for Sundi.


Pastor Samuel held Damon, and also danced with him for much of the song.


The kids also sang a few songs for the church. It was so cool. We actually got a lot of it on video also, which will be a great memory.


Our first father-son Father's Day photo!

The party then switched gears. Our lawyer had a party, to celebrate not only our adoption but also our friend Donna's adoption of Bernard. And there's Sundi and Bernard.


Below is my last futile attempt to get a serious-ish, smiling photo.


This picture is Mr. Musyimi (our lawyer's husband), along with a German family who has an adopted daughter. They were kind enough to present us with a really cool children's book about adoption, which was written by the father. It tells a story, set in Africa, about a baby rhino who wants to find a mother. Really tight book!

Pastor Samuel and his lovely wife, along with Mr. Musyimi and our lovely lawyer!


The "boys"...at left is Tyler Vaughn, who is in Kenya doing an internship. His Mom is the one who started the US-Kenya adoption partnership. So we automatically liked him!