WAITING!

Psalm 27:14 - "Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait paitently for the Lord."


This verse summarizes what we are going through right now. The whole adoption process began with a bang as if we were shot out of a cannon being hurled through the process at a high rate of speed. Paperwork was coming at us right and left and we were rushing through to get it all done as quickly as it came. The good news is that we have completed most of the paperwork and everything is going along nicely. The only problem is that it is going along slowly!


Every time we look at Mei's picture we long to have him home even more. Our kids talk about him often. Briena keeps asking us when we are going to bring her baby brother home. A couple of times Caleb has written notes talking about how much he loves his baby brother. The wait is definitely increasing our longing.


The home study may be just about over. The final visit could happen this coming Thursday and after that we will be waiting on all our background checks to come back. After all our checks come back they will begin to put our information into what they call a dosier. After that our dosier will go to the country where Mei is and we will follow shortly after to get Mei and bring him home. After the Christmas break - if all the checks come back without any hitches - the process could pick up speed once again.


Honestly - we are not anxious even though we long to bring Mei home. We are content to wait on the Lord and His timing. He has been providing every step of the way. We began thinking we could raise the $25-30,000 over the course of a year or so and the Lord has been providing far more than we could imagine. We are about $6000.00 short of what we need at this point. We started the process in October and in 2.5 months the Lord has shown us that He can do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine (Eph.3:20). What we thought we needed at least a year to get together He has just about brought together in a small fraction of that time. We are content to continue riding along with Him providing the way in His timing.


Isaiah 40:31 - ...those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.


We wait.


He guides and provides.


Our faith grows stronger and we increase in intimacy with our Lord as we wait and watch Him guide and provide.


Worth every minute!!!