She likes "Trina"! Announcing "Trina Jing-Qi Benavides"!

We were able to SKYPE Jing-Qi tonight and found out that she likes her new American name, "Trina". I'm so relieved that we finally have a name for her. I always thought she would want to keep "Jing-Qi", but maybe her new "American" name is a symbol of the new life that is before her. I'm still going to keep "Jing-Qi" as a middle name in case she goes through a period of wanting to get back in touch with her Taiwan roots. Actually, I really like the name "Trina". I love to look up the meanings of names on the baby name websites. "Trina" means pure, "Jing" means perfect essence, and "Qi" means fine jade. My blog title is fitting, isn't it? She truly is another precious jewel!

She looked great tonight and seemed to be in better spirits than last time. We eventually got her to smile last time, but it took a few minutes. They said she had a hard time sleeping last night. I hope she is OK. I tried to ask for some news of our final decree, but they ignored my question. I don't think I'm supposed to ask them over SKYPE, but I had to try. They say she will be starting school there soon, and I can't believe we still don't have her home. I'm really hoping we will have her home by her birthday in October. This wait is really starting to get to me, especially thinking of what she must be going through with all this waiting.

On a happy note, it was wonderful to see her sweet smile again over our video call. She drew many pictures of our family and would have me guess who she was drawing. It was fabulous to interact with her. Sometimes it can be difficult to think of ways to connect over the Internet (believe it or not).

Please keep praying for our sweet girl in Taiwan and that she will be able to come home soon. The Lord must have some reason that it is taking so long, and I trust Him in that, but I am so humanly impatient. I suppose I could use some prayer as well.