Do Not Grow Weary

Been awhile since I have updated anyone (other than close friends and family) but we are still trudging along through this adoption process.  It is difficult to work around my hubby's schedule, that is what causes a lot of hold ups and uncertainties.  We rest in knowing that God has coordinated these events to line us up with the exact child(ren) at the exact time He has planned for us. 

One major frustration is the lack of control we have.  If the entire process was all based on us needing to do certain tasks and fill out paperwork and turn it in, we would be done in no time.  But, we are so dependent on other people, many complete strangers, to fill out piles of paperwork we need done in order to keep moving on.  We send away papers and then they are not done right and we have to redo them.  We are given dates to come in for appointments and then canceled because they are missing a piece of information. Each denied paper is more time and sometimes, money, spent. 

This past week has been so frustrating and it makes you want to just give up and forget about it.  I remind myself that there is a child completely dependent on us to stay the course and be his family.  He has lost control of his life and needs someone to come and give him a home.  I wish we had a picture of him so every time I get frustrated I could just stare at the eyes of this child and remember what this is all for because it is easy to forget in all the piles of paperwork that there is a human being waiting behind it all.  We will continue on and move through these frustrations for our little 'unknown' half way across the world.    

Pray for families around you who are adopting.  It can be a very scary, lonely, frustrating, and confusing process, but will be worth every second, penny, and emotional moment spent through it.

Just a couple of the files we have.

 



 

 

'And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.'

Galatians 6:9