Waiting

I haven't posted in a while. Basically because there was no news on the region our Ethiopian kids are from yet. We were told on June 22nd there was going to be training and the region would then open back up after that. I guess I held my breath and prayed we would hear it opened on the 23rd. Well we haven't heard anything yet. We are waiting to see now. I am praying that somehow we will make the cutoff for the court date before the closing of the summer court. In Ethiopia the courts close from August till first of Oct. If we do not get a court date( which now will take a miracle) then our court day will be after Oct and we might not get the kids until early next year. I remind myself that God's timing is perfect but I still want them home terribly.

Sometimes this journey feels surreal. I browse all of the adoption blogs praying and hoping that there is an update out there and maybe my agency just forgot to tell us about it.

Please pray for us to have the peace we need. I know the kids feel it too. They ask why we have to wait and why we can't just go get them. In their minds they know they don't have a Mom and Dad so why make them wait when we want them to be a part of our family. They are so innocent and pure of heart. It's hard to explain why we just can't go get them. Especially when I feel the same way they do. We are so ready to love these kids and make them part of our family.