Hmm... I am due for an update!
We were in the waiting phase... waiting on our USCIS pre-approval. It was the final piece to a completed Dossier to send to Uganda. We left it in God's hands, and I didn't stress over it.
A couple of weeks ago I got a phone call in the middle of the night. Usually this means it is not important. When I answered it sounded a like a sales pitch or someone trying to fish for information. They were asking for my address. Immediately wary, I asked again who was calling and soon realized it was United States Citizen and Immigration Services! It was the middle of the day where they are, so of course, they are not really considering the time difference.
Come to find out, our application had been approved, but it was sent back to them in the mail. They were not able to send it to our unique address, so they were asking for another address to send it to. I was able to have them send it to our agency and told them I was very glad to hear that we had been approved (turns out we were approved several weeks prior too, and just didn't know it). Yeah!!
I am hopeful that we are getting closer to information about an addition to our family! I am trying not to get my hopes up, so to speak, that this will happen anytime soon. I know how things move at a different pace in Uganda. And I want to make sure that whatever child(ren) join our family are ones that really DO need a family.
Another PRAISE is that just as we are needing to send in our next set of adoption fees (a large sum), we received our tax return with almost the EXACT amount that we need to send in! The timing was perfect. God provided!
And so next we wait.... and wait... which brings me to some verses that have been in my head recently,
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning." -Psalm 130:5-6
Yes, my hope is in the Lord. He is working in our adoption. He is working in our hearts as we wait. Our waiting isn't just waiting... it's waiting UNTO HIM. It's leaning into Him and asking for the timing that brings the MOST glory to His name. The situation, the child, the process -- that results in God getting the most glory.
That is the struggle: to empty ourselves, to realize that it is not about US, and to believe that it is all about HIM.
So, bring on the waiting! May HE get the glory!!
Thank you for that scripture. It was just what I needed to hear. Waiting can be so hard, but I would rather lean on the Lord and wait for Him to make things happen than simply wait on man. Thanks & good luck as you wait.
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