The picture above is a celebration waiting to happen. It has been set up collecting dust since Christmas. At Christmas I bought this frame and wrote a note in it, it says "Dear God, A daughter lives in my heart. I pray that you will soon give us a face to frame. Patiently waiting for our little Asian angel. Love Mommy". When we get "The Call" we are ready to celebrate God's blessing upon us.
The most difficult part of adoption is waiting. In the beginning I had to wait on my husband to agree we could start the process. Then we had to wait for clearance from the government that we would be approved to adopt. Once we got on the waiting list the "plan" was it was going to be 3-14 months waiting to be matched. I could handle that and we happily waited. Then we got close to waiting 14 months and they moved the projected wait time to 18-24 months. I was disappointed, but could handle it. Then we got close to 18 months and they moved the projected wait time to 24-30 months. I started to second guess that maybe Taiwan is not where our child is from. I felt it was unfair that there are children around the world waiting for a family and here we are a family waiting for a child. So I began looking into other countries, US foster system, but nothing felt right. God made it clear I am to wait it out in Taiwan. So we continue on waiting in faith, 28 month now. Our children have gotten older over this long wait. So after a year of me asking John if we could up the age on our child preference to 0-4 years old. Last month he finally agreed, but he specified she would have to be just turning 4 at the time of referral no older. This was an answer to prayer!
I know I can trust in God's promises. He placed the desire to adopt on in my heart over 15 years ago. I know it will happen in His always perfect timing. God is so faithful, even when I'm not. I have to submit to His timing even if it means waiting a long while. Keep us in your prayers that God's promise for this child will be fufilled.
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