Fretting or Faith

Several people have been asking when we might travel so I thought I would share this.

The last few days have been hard waiting and anticipating on news (any kind of news at this point). Several weeks ago our paperwork was processing quickly and there was word that we might travel early December or even over Christmas. We had talked with the girls about the possibliity of us being gone on Christmas Day... I think Emma was sad because Christmas is also her birthday as well. But we kept figuring and counting and it looked like it might just happen.

A few days ago, our agency said that it looked like we wouldn't travel until January. Needless to say, I was heartbroken. I called our agency multiple times asking why, why, and why. They just said that our TA was on the right desk (THIS TIME),but just waiting to be signed and our TA issued. So, over the last few day my emotions have been rather up and down. This is how I look at -- my baby girl is over in some orphanage in Beijing and we are waiting on 1 paper to be signed. A nanny is feeding her, playing with her (if there is any playtime), dressing her, taking her to the potty etc, while her forever family is waiting to go get her and bring her home.

This whole picture is hard to swallow. But as I was walking outside on this beautiful morning and listening to the song Mighty to Save, I realized that we must give God the Glory for everything. God's timing is perfect and the more I listened to this song, I realized that no matter how we have our plans laid out it doesn't matter- God's plan and timing is ALWAYS PERFECT. As over the past few days I have played over in my mind many different scenarios and bottom line is we will get Ella Claire in God's time. It might be next week or in January, but everything happens for a reason. So, being Thanksgiving is tomorrow we will focus on being thankful!

No News

How long is this going to take? NO NEWS at all! At least with Mia, there were updates and small bits of news... nothing, nada, silence! Just waiting...