Choosing to trust in the wait

Wow, it's crazy to look at the ticker at the top of our blog and realize it's been almost seven months since we mailed our dossier to our agency. How quickly that time has gone. It's a good reminder that while our wait seems long some days, when we look back at the process, we'll be surprised by how quickly it passed. (At least, that's what I'm believing in faith!)

Many of you have told us recently that you check our blog for updates, so I wanted to give you something new to read. Here is the update: there is no update. :-) Our agency is receiving several referrals each month for Russian children, but the process is quite slow. Since reaccreditation happened this summer, the system is still quite full of waiting families, and it's taking awhile for everything to catch up. With the holidays approaching, we don't anticipate things speeding up any time soon.

Based on the number of waiting families with our agency, and the speed at which things are happening in Russia, it's doubtful that our dossier will be registered with a specific region before spring. Of course, God could move mountains for us (and we'd rejoice if He chose to do that!), but based on what is currently happening, that is what looks probable. Once our dossier gets registered, it's unclear how long it would take to get a referral for a specific child. So, it looks like we won't be traveling before next summer or fall.

When we began looking into adoption (almost exactly a year ago!), we knew there would be lots of waiting and many unknowns. It's all a part of the journey God has us on to meet our son. But we wouldn't be honest if we didn't admit that it's not always easy or fun. We are ready to bring our son home, but apparently the son God has for our family isn't ready yet! So, we continue to wait and trust Him to get us through each day. I choose to believe, as David did in Psalm 16, that "the boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places." God has a good and perfect plan for our lives and to grow our family, and we look forward to experiencing it in His timing!