Adoption Update

Well, it appears that God has more lessons for us to learn that we can learn best through waiting and just plain not knowing!:) Here is part of the letter we received from CWA this past Friday:

PROBABLE CHANGES IN EMBASSY APPOINTMENTS: The US Embassy in Addis will be holding a mandatory meeting for all adoption agencies on February 10th to go over new procedures they will be enacting. They have alerted us to the fact that SCHEDULING AND APPOINTMENTS WILL CHANGE! This will not affect families who are already scheduled to travel in Feb., but will affect scheduling of embassy appointments thereafter. We will let you know the details as soon as they are available to us.

THE LAW OF AVERAGES: You may have noticed that our projections for referrals, court dates, and such keep changing! Please remember that we control very little of what happens in Ethiopia. We simply try to project based on what is happening at any given time. When court reopened in October, we were able to secure court hearings 4-6 weeks out from the time documents were submitted. With so many hearings being routinely postponed (roughly 50% at present) we suspect this is one factor contributing to the present rate of hearings being scheduled 8-10 weeks from the time documents are submitted.

I received an email from our case worker today and she said that they are still preparing our documents (in Ethiopia) to be submitted to the courts. And, as of next Tuesday, court date procedure is going to change. For right now that leaves us with one big question mark as to when we will be going to get the boys...but after that big question mark comes an even bigger explanation mark...because God is sovereign and, he"Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps." (Psalm 135:6) So, we will joyfully keep waiting to see just what it is that will please the Lord most in this precious adoption journey!

Please pray, with us, for the meeting that will take place on Tuesday, February 10th (which means be praying Monday night as Ethiopia is 12 hours ahead of us)!

Comments

Matt5verse6 said…
Personally, I think "joyfully waiting" is an oxymoron. :) (hee, hee, hee)
For His Glory said…
Yea this is pretty much our life right now too...And yes "joyfully waiting" does not come naturally, but through God's grace alone :)...There are no mistakes or mishaps with God...I can't wait to see what God does!
Anonymous said…
I can relate to your waiting and the uncertainty of things coming out as planned. That just seems to be the nature of international adoption.

I encourage you with something you already know - that God's plans are perfect and that He knows the timing and al the particulars that are best. His best, not ours. Isn't that hard sometimes?

We have a friend who just came back from India with their daughter after a court delay of seven months. In our minds we wonder why that wait would be good for anybody, but God knows and we may never understand.

I read your other post about the boys possibly going back to their mom. Wow. I cannot imagine beginning to love children, as you said - already picturing them as part of your family - and then possibly having it fall through. That would be heartbreaking.

I will be praying for you and for the boys as you wait. And, I will pray for this mom. How hard this must be for everyone involved!

It sounds to me, though, that you are waiting well and that you are keeping your eyes fixed on the One thing you know will not change.

Lori