A fun day in London full of blessings

(I wrote this blog post in the London airport, but was unable to send it.) We arrived safely and on time in London although with very little sleep. As we were preparing for landing Ezra said, "I wish this flight was longer." Zeke was fussy and a bit impulsive running off while we were going through immigration so that we could spend the day here. It was an opportunity to grow in patience for us all, but God had a great little blessing for us. A family was in line ahead of us and heard that we had a daughter named Esther. They also have an Esther, who is 3 years old and they were spending their layover in London on their way to adopt their 4th child in Uganda. Each time the line doubled back we learned more of the other family's story and in the end decided to spend the day in London together! It was great fun to have a like-minded family to laugh together and explore together as we were all very tired. I think being together helped us all keep a sense of humor. And it is great to have made some new friends! Some of our highlights from the day include riding double decker busses, walking around Trafalgar Square and Big Ben, finding Ezra in the London airport after he was missing for about 10 minutes, and riding a train. Here is a picture of our kids with our new friends and some random strangers near the lions at Trafalgar Square. Well, I'm going to try to publish this without the photo since we are now in Uganda and the Internet is too slow. Sorry.