If you read this blog in January, you might remember the story of Maya, the Haitian orphan who joined our family following the Jan. 12 earthquake.
To summarize quickly:
My niece, Mandy Poulter, and her husband, Matt, had completed the the three-year adoption process before the earthquake and were just awaiting a U.S. passport so they could bring 4-year-old Maya home in February. In a series of events that Mandy and Matt describe as a miracle and an answer to prayer, ABC’s Robin Roberts found Maya at the orphanage six months ago today. Mandy and Matt brought her home to Pella, Iowa, just a week after the quake. Mandy sent this update today:
We were going to send an update on Maya Esther on July 12th, 6 months after the earthquake hit, but decided to write today, 6 months from the day our precious daughter was found in Haiti!!! We will always remember Jan. 14th and it will forever be a special day for our family. It gave us hope in the most helpless of circumstances and we will forever be grateful to everyone involved who cared enough to find our little girl and help us bring her home.
The past 6 months have really flown by! Maya is thriving!!! She is such a sweet little girl with an infectious smile. She loves the summer and enjoys swimming, riding her bike and playing in the sprinkler. We took her to the zoo for the first time last week. She enjoyed the animals and really liked the glass tunnel in the aquarium where she could watch the sea creatures swim all around her. She rode in a little 4th of July parade with her brothers and sisters. She was very proud of her trike when it was all decorated up with red, white, and blue balloons and streamers. She speaks mostly English now with a few Creole words mixed in every once in a while. Her sisters adore her and she has fun playing dolls and barbies with them. Maya’s brothers like giving her piggy back rides and teaching her how to play soccer.
We’ve attached some photos of Maya that we thought you’d enjoy. We thank God for you and for our dear little Maya Esther!
Blessings,
Mandy and Matt Poulter
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