The Heymann Family Journal

We landed in Germany in a storm with winds up to 160km per hour.   It was really ruff for the last hour.   And Sarah lost her lunch as they say.   Poor kid!   And even driving home on the autobahn felt scary.   So I thank you for your prayers.   I slept until 3pm local time.   I could sleep more.   The jet lag is going to kill me.   But it is good to be home!  

My beautiful mom is 75 years old today.  Sarah and I will be boarding our flight is about 10 mins.  We want to say happy birthday!  We love you and miss you!  We are on our way home.  We tried to get bumped but the flight is not full.  But we believe God has a will, and we asked...he said no.  So here we go.  Please pray for a safe trip. 

The days are going by too fast.  We looked at baby chicks and ducks with my sister.

Sarah and I had a nice lunch with the family.   Sarah got to play soccer with her cousin Carmen.  

I'm sorry I have not been posting much. I have been busy with the family and trying to get over the jet lag. There is a 9 hour time difference between Heidelberg, Germany and Oregon, USA. Our flight went very well. We flew on Lufthansa and the pilots were on strike. The day before we flew all the International flights had been canceled and 18,000 people grounded. But by the grace of God International flights were flying on our day. Check in took forever, but everything else went very well. We watched allot of movies. Rick (my brother) was at the airport when we arrived. And we got to visit with his family in the Seattle area. We spent the night in his new guestroom. He converted his garage. And I think he did an amazing job. Sarah and I slept until 4am US time on the first night. I got up and downloaded a children’s Bible in German and we listened to that for a few hours before we got up. Then Rick drove us down to Oregon. On the way down we stopped to have bre...

It's 6am and I have having trouble sleeping more. I downloaded a kids Bible in german to help sarah. We will drive to Corvallis Oregon today. I look forward to seeing my parents. I'm going to be so tired tonight.

The flight is still scheduled, so God willing I will see my brother today!

I just checked Sarah and me in for our flight to America. So hopefully everything is going to work. The Lufthansa pilots are on strike. But tomorrow they will be flying the international flights. So if they have airplanes to fly, hopefully we will still go on our trip. It would be sad if we could not come. Nicole and I bought allot of food for the family to eat when I’m gone. Juergen really only cooks pizza and eggs. But Nicole is a good cook and will be able to keep them all alive.

I am supposed to fly on Lufthansa to America on Friday. The pilots are on strike Thursday. Hopefully Sarah and I can catch our flight as scheduled.

I was thinking of chicken names. I like the names of these sisters… Elinor , Marianne, and Margaret Dashwood Elizabeth, Jane and Lydia Bennet And if I could have a 7th chicken I would call her Lady Catherine de Bourgh Maybe we just need to forget Lydia. Who wants a stupid silly chicken? I thought we could name the coop “Barton Cottage”.

The last time I took Sarah to America she was only 4 years old. She had been with us for 4 1/2 months and she had RAD (Reactive Attachment disorder). I needed to keep her in a routine. That made her feel somewhat safe. And she was not really attached to me. She still cried for hours every day. Jürgen was the only one she trusted. But Philip was her 2nd best friend. For this reason I brought Philip with me on this trip. I had to go to clear up adoption/ visa issues. On September 19, 2007 (9 days before our trip) I wrote “Sarah cried again when I picked her up from the kindergarten. At least she stayed in her car seat. I brought cookies and yogurt drink. She would not stop crying until after we got Philip (my poor nerves)! I offered Philip the cookies and drink first. Then I asked Sarah if she wanted some too. She said yes, and I said OK...just stop crying! We made this calendar together this afternoon. It's sort of like an advent calendar. I taped small pieces of cand...