The waiting is difficult, y'all! It feels like life is on hold in so many ways... yet it obviously keeps moving forward all around us. We're doing our best to live in the present and enjoy this phase... some days that's easier said than done... but everything else is out of our hands.
We get photos every month or two... and the kids looks good! They seem healthy. They're growing. They're attending school and church. We're celebrating these things. We're appreciating what deep love we feel when we see their sweet faces. And when I see photos of them in clothes I've sent over or holding gifts from us, I am so overjoyed. I'm clinging to those images as proof that they feel loved and trust we're coming back.
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| Our Boy... June 2015... I'm guessing he's now a few inches taller based on the latest pictures we received! |
- Pray that we continue to trust God and actively turn over to Him our feelings of discontent, worry and fear. May we live in the present, not allowing this draining process to rob us of joy.
- Pray for the continued health and welfare of the kids. We are so thankful that they are well cared for and are hoping that this time at the orphanage/school is helping them learn English to ease the transition here. Pray that God is also using this time to draw them close to Him - may they feel loved, valued, strong and courageous.
- Pray for motivations to be changed regarding the signatures that we need. Pray for a sense of urgency within their government (and ours!) regarding moving these kids through the process with the end goal of giving these children a family.
Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently on the Lord. Psalm 27:14
...God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope... Rom 15:13
