Almost every time I open my email, I expect to see an email from our orphanage saying that they have found our child; however, I have solemnly promised each of the kids that I will not open the email without the whole family. So, should the referral come while the kids are at school, you can bet I will go get each one of them OUT and call Don to come home!
During the waiting, while I am feeling anxious and ready to know the face of the child who will be our own, I have to remind myself that God knows who he or she is. He has chosen this child for our family long before the idea of adoption ever crossed any of our minds. When I can sink into the relief of God's control, the wait seems bearable...not always easy but so much better than the alternative of taking the wait and the weight on my own shoulders. I'm ever mindful that we have only begun to wait, and the episodes of waiting sometimes seem endless.
We are blessed when you remember us in your prayers, but even more so, when you remember our child in your prayers...the one who has a wait I cannot even imagine bearing...so many little ones called to wait...so many waiting to bring them home. Please, Lord Jesus, carry our child, and all those who are waiting, and deliver them safely to the open arms of their forever families. We can't wait...but, yet, we can and we will.
