A lot of people have been asking me how things are going and where we are at in the process, I am so pleased to announce things are moving a long!! In my mind I thought we would be a little further along (okay, A LOT FURTHER) but I have come to reason and constantly remind myself that God's timing is perfect. For every hiccup we encounter I take a breath and realize that I am not in control.
We are currently waiting for approval from USCIS and we just found out that we have an agent who is very by the book and tends to take a while. When I heard this I thought two things #1 YAY AN AGENT! and #2 Ahhhhhh not someone else who takes a long time! After a moment of genuine pouting, I put on my happy face and prayed for our agent, knowing I could not do her job. Also it dawned on me every time something comes up, its God helping me recognize him and give HIM the glory. I am not in control and as much as I would like to be, I am SO glad that I am not.
We also chose to send over about 98% of our paperwork with our friend to our little boy's home country! This means that right now it is being translated so when we get approval we can move very quickly on submitting everything. A HUGE thank you to Natalie for taking our "paper baby" over for us and making sure it arrived quickly!
So now we wait!! We wait for approval from USCIS and for a couple other documents to be finished from other places, AND while we wait we pray and share out story. We love sharing our story not because we are amazing people but because these kids are amazing and deserve a voice! Derek and I are ordinary people, as I have said many times, we just choose to keep saying yes. Adoption is hard but it is also beautiful. My friend Natalie (pictured above) just brought home two precious kiddos and I don't think I have ever seen a more beautiful reminder of how God provides than when I saw the picture of her with her kiddos home.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this and for following our journey. Please keep us in your prayers as well as our little boy. We are so excited to continue this journey to bring him home!!
