Patience, Patience, Patience ....

So, word from Ghana was yet another delay.  The Social Welfare Director said he has been sick since last week so he could not finish the report.   We wait for a new date to be determined.  The positive news from the court hearing today is that our lawyer asked the judge for an “open date” which means they can return at the point all documents are ready.  Our power of attorney in Ghana keeps reassuring us that everything will be fine.  Our only choice really is to continue to practice patience and wait.  Thank you for your continued prayers.  We will certainly let you know when our next date has been set.  Please pray that will happen soon!  We are going to be running into some deadline dates with upcoming changes in the US laws with international adoptions.  We need this first court date to happen in the next couple of months.  Thanks for following us on our journey!

Another Big Day Tomorrow

 

Tomorrow is our next scheduled court date.  We are looking forward to getting to the end of the day tomorrow so that we know the outcome.  Hopeful, realistic and most of all trying desperately to grasp onto the knowledge that God is in control of all of this.  He knows what needs to happen and He knows when it needs to happen. 

One thing that can be a constant struggle on this journey of adoption is knowing and trusting that the bigger plan that we cannot see is better than the plan that we tend to want have control over how it plays out.  I mean, there is a child who is an orphan, and there is a family with open arms waiting, it should just happen right?  Why the wait?  Why can’t God just move instantly in that moment that we think is the right moment and get that child into a family?  It is just like us, in our humanness, to want things on our time and in our way.  I struggle so much with this some days when I see all of the kids in need that live in this world.  What I tend to forget is the many things that God is doing along the way that are a part of HIS plan … not MY plan.  He knows things that need to happen, and often these things are also in our best interest (or the child we are seeking to adopt) we just cannot see it when we want what we want.  Kind of reminds me of being a parent to our children.  Oh how they WANT things and we know in that moment the timing is not right for them to have what they think is best.  We know that something else needs to happen first before it is best for what they want to play out … trying to remember that today.  I have a Heavenly Father, who knows what is best and He has it all in control.   

Thank you for your continued prayers.  Please pray for this sweet girl in Ghana.  Pray that her future would be made known and that if she is able to receive a forever family that we could be that family.  We are ready, waiting and trusting that Our Father knows best.