As I reflect over
this day and in fact the past weeks and months, I am still in awe of where this
journey has taken us. I never thought
that paperwork could take so very long to collect from so many different
places. I never realized how much of our
life is controlled by “us” and this process is truly about waiting….on many
levels. We wait for people to get us
documents, we wait for things in the mail, we wait for emails, we wait for
news, we wait for phone calls……we wait.
I moved John
Waller’s CD and song “While I’m Waiting” back into the front of my car playlist
so I can hear and sing it all the time.
It is right where we have been.
It is where we will be for a long time and until our child is in our
arms. But isn’t life just a series of ‘wait’s? We waited for our children to be able to talk
and walk? Now we are waiting for our
child to be home with us? We wait and
pray for each of our children to know Jesus personally!
I think we do some
of our best growing and learning in the waiting. God speaks to us in the waiting. Maybe we are able to listen more in the quiet. I know it is true for my life sometimes. But
let’s be honest….waiting isn’t easy. I’m
just like everyone else and there are days that waiting is just plain
hard. We heard that Haiti was open early
in January and expected a call any day.
It never came. Then the news came,
that agency announcements would be made on the 10th…..then the 14th…..then
for sure on the 15th. Well, by this point I was not waiting very
patiently. I was becoming a tad obsessed. Every time I walked by the computer I just
had to hit refresh and check to see if an email had posted. I must have checked my cell phone every ½ hour
just to make sure I didn’t miss a call.
It was crazy! I knew it was crazy
and I would pray and calm myself down and then minutes later I was grabbing my
cell phone just to check. Ugh. Oh me of little faith. I had a peace. I knew the call was coming I just was so
anxious that I couldn’t wait. Patience….that
is what I lack! Well, of course, the
day came that I got “the call”. I was at
Ashley’s gymnastics evaluation at a new gym when I glanced at my phone and saw
the number. I instantly started praying
and staring at my phone. There was such
a moment of shock that I literally almost missed the phone call! It was our Bethany representative calling to
say they got their approval and we were ready to submit our application! Of course the tears started coming. The kids looked at me and just knew! It was cool!
Ever since then it
has been trying to work out schedules to get things moving. Today was the day that Todd and I could get
to the state to get the paperwork all sealed by the state of Georgia. We had a beautiful morning to drive up and it
all worked out perfectly. We snapped a
few pictures to remember the day. The
capital building is actually across the street from where we went but it was so
beautiful that we had to share this picture.
All of our documents now hold the huge official gold seal of the state
of Georgia!! Yay!
Walking out of
that building was surreal. To them, they
were just pieces of paper. They have no
idea what went into getting those pieces of paper!! To us, they are priceless!!
What is next? We are waiting for 3 documents that are being
sealed by the state of Ohio. When we receive
those we will get these state pages translated and then we will send our
package (dossier) to Haiti!
Progress! Yes!
If we haven’t said
it before….thank you for joining us on this journey! The support to us and the kids has been just
wonderful! We appreciate it!
Prayer
Requests: continue to pray for the
process and for all of our children that God would prepare all of our hearts to
be united.
Blessings to you
all~
Yay!!! There are precious 'Gold Seals' inside that bag that match the top of that capital building!! : )
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