The Rollercoaster Continues ...



Often when I get a home study approved for a family I ask them if they are ready for the roller coaster ride.  Many times I get a chuckle from them and then they realize that I am not chuckling and quite possibly I am being serious about this description.  In my opinion it is the best way to describe what it feels like.  You head up the hill, anxiously anticipating the top, where you know you will “fall” and in some type of delight enjoy this craziness.  Then, you reach the bottom where the thrill has ended, and feel so low and kind of want to go back up the hill, but kind of just want to get off of the ride.  Oh the little hills are fun, and don’t bring as much angst, how fun it is to just have some little hills along the way.  But then that big hill is coming again, am I excited or terrified?  The first hill was fun, but this hill (and subsequent ones after it) brings the knowledge that the first hill had its disappointments … so do I really want to go up a hill again? 

We had a couple of weeks of “highs and lows” as you probably recall from my last post, it was a bit of a low time and the desire to “head back up the hill” was a struggle.  We have been waiting to hear that our packet arrived in Ghana for awhile now.  The last email from the post office indicated that our envelope has been placed in the PO Box of the recipient … now we are waiting to get confirmation from him that it was in the box and he has actually received it.  During the midst of this waiting on our package we received word that a large donation was sent towards our adoption … it actually was sent a couple of months ago but we did not know about it until about a week ago.   Another moment of a “high” where we are amazed in how God provides and wonder how we deserve to be supported so well.  We know that God is in this and are grateful for the continual provisions from Him.  Thank you again, for all of you who have supported us financially or through prayer.  It means more to us that you will ever know.    

So the wait continues.  We are hoping to hear today that the envelope is actually in the hands of the one we sent it to.  We sit in wonder what our little one is doing today.  In the warm Ghanaian sun … I hope she has much joy today and can feel in some small way the love we already have for her.  She received her first Christmas gift this past weekend from her Grandma Carolyn and Grandpa Kermit … a Christmas ornament.  We long for the day when she can put her ornaments on the tree and be a part of a family … we are so amazed that it gets to be our family!