Well, our agency received our immigration paperwork this afternoon! This is a HUGE step for us returning to Ethiopia to bring home our girl. Once our agency looks it over to be certain I filled it out correctly (I pray so - it took hours) they send it off to Ethiopia. Then we are submitted to the embassy. This part will probably take about 2-3 weeks. Once we are submitted to embassy, the US Embassy in Ethiopia reviews and investigates our case. Once that is complete, we will be free to go and pick up our girl and bring her home to her forever family!! In looking at other people who have been through this last part of the process in the recent months, it looks like it is taking cases and average of about 6 weeks to clear embassy. That means, we could be traveling back to Ethiopia in about 2 months!! I am so excited, I can hardly see straight! I understand and support the embassy doing their due diligence in this process, I am just praying that it goes by super quick so that we can get our girl home and start loving on her and bonding with her and all that great stuff that I've been looking so forward to for over three years now!!
So, next we will hear is that we have been submitted to embassy. When we do - I'll let you all know!!
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Patient
I am one of the least patient people I know. This can be good. I am a hard worker and my effort is usually consistent. I remember signing up for the adoption process and asking our social worker how long it took the average family to complete their home study. She said about 5-6 months. I had ours done in 3 months. When I get an idea in my head, I will run around like a crazy person until it is completed.
This can also be not such a great thing. I can have too high of expectations of others and be judgmental or a big complainer when they don't get things done as quickly as I had anticipated. I can also rush through things and I miss the forest for the trees - or really for the ground - because I've got my head so buried in the dirt and busyness that I forget to even look up and see the trees! Also, when you have a lack of control over a situation and the process and the people take way longer than you think they should - it is hard to stay patient (even just a little) and press on. It's hard to stand firm and wait on the promise.
That gives you a little idea of where I am at lately. Christmas is over. New Years is over. A big event at work is over. I'm struggling with some things and praying about how to handle them. And I'm having to wait and be patient ~ and I don't like it.
Don't feel sorry for me. I know I need to persevere and stand firm and wait for the promise. Along the way, there are SO MANY blessings that I am trying not to overlook and miss out on. I have two wonderful kids that bless my socks off seriously like 100 times a day. I have the most amazing husband who I know loves me and prays for me all the time.
I was struggling this morning with how do I fill the time until we get to go back to Ethiopia and bring our little girl home. I was struggling with having no clue about how she is doing, what she is doing, what size clothes she wears, how often she eats, what she eats, what her sleep schedule is like... And then I began mulling over everything else in life I have no control over and am impatient about. Very fitting that I would then be praying and asking God to take away this worry impatience and replace it with steadfastness and perseverance. Open up my Bible and this is what I read...
James 5:7-11
This can also be not such a great thing. I can have too high of expectations of others and be judgmental or a big complainer when they don't get things done as quickly as I had anticipated. I can also rush through things and I miss the forest for the trees - or really for the ground - because I've got my head so buried in the dirt and busyness that I forget to even look up and see the trees! Also, when you have a lack of control over a situation and the process and the people take way longer than you think they should - it is hard to stay patient (even just a little) and press on. It's hard to stand firm and wait on the promise.
That gives you a little idea of where I am at lately. Christmas is over. New Years is over. A big event at work is over. I'm struggling with some things and praying about how to handle them. And I'm having to wait and be patient ~ and I don't like it.
Don't feel sorry for me. I know I need to persevere and stand firm and wait for the promise. Along the way, there are SO MANY blessings that I am trying not to overlook and miss out on. I have two wonderful kids that bless my socks off seriously like 100 times a day. I have the most amazing husband who I know loves me and prays for me all the time.
I was struggling this morning with how do I fill the time until we get to go back to Ethiopia and bring our little girl home. I was struggling with having no clue about how she is doing, what she is doing, what size clothes she wears, how often she eats, what she eats, what her sleep schedule is like... And then I began mulling over everything else in life I have no control over and am impatient about. Very fitting that I would then be praying and asking God to take away this worry impatience and replace it with steadfastness and perseverance. Open up my Bible and this is what I read...
James 5:7-11
Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
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