the waiting

Sometimes is gets hard to have people ask if we have any updates, not because I don't want people to ask, I do, it means a lot to know so many people remember and care, but because we so often don't have any update. (Sorry for the really long awkward sentence)

Well, Liberia has decided to become a Hague country, which for those who don't know, means that they will join the many countries that have signed on to international adoption standards. That's the easiest way I can explain it. Well, there are no Hague accredited adoption agencies in Liberia, so we have to find one that is interested in applying. We have a friend working on that. After we apply to that agency, we will have to wait to see when Liberia will be accepting new adoption cases. In the mean time, we are updating our home study, s l o w l y. Because, really, why hurry?

I have it in my heart to go to Liberia at the end of August, but unless something really miraculous happens, that is unlikely.

And if I can really share my heart, trying to understand God's good plan for the boys and for us is really hard. Actually, last weekend I had a sort of breakthrough. I remembered that God is the Father to the fatherless and He is the one who puts orphans in families. He does love our boys. And so, I continue to pray: Father, may Your will be done in Michael and Varney's lives, and in ours too. Amen.