We are starting to receive calls every Friday now for updates, or lack of updates. This past week, we had a message from our adoption agency on Thursday and our hearts sank knowing that it wasn't our normal day to receive updates. Unfortunately, our agency worker was just calling to let us know that she would not be in the office the next day or the whole next week and she was calling a day early with her update. Yet again, no real update.
We have made some friends on a Yahoo Group we were invited to join and a few couples are running into some similar communication issues that we are running in to and are seeking assistance from others in the adoption agency. We all believe this will not speed up our process, however, it will help families who are going through this process after us.
Our church has been doing a daily devotional calling "Building our Legacy" and it is a 40 day study that was written by folks in our church. Bottom line is it is leading up to our biggest building campaign ever, however, the devotions and the whole study has truly blessed Kristi and I through all of the delays in our adoption. The day we found out our LOI could take up to 5 months to process, we were in the middle of studying the Armor of God in Ephesians 6. What a perfect time for that study!!!! As Satan was firing all his ammunition at us, we were putting on our Belt of Truth, our Breastplate of Righteousness, Shoes of Peace, Helmet of Salvation...and standing behind our Shield of Faith to pick up our Sword of the Spirit. We have gotten mad at God in the past 6 years and many of you know why and it would have been real easy to fall into the same trap. However, we know that God is in control and these delays are His delays. Where are we turning our frustrations too? The people who are providing the misinformation and the deceit...NOT THE DELAYS, because we know it is out of their hands and they are not delaying the process, however, it is their job to convey accurate information.
We are starting week 9...could take from 12 - 20 weeks to process an LOI right now....could be faster or could be longer. We celebrated our 10th anniversary this week...two months ago, we would have told you we would be spending our BIG anniversary picking up our son. Oh well. We will get over there when God feels it is right for us to be there. Until then, we will Trust in Him, Love Him, Worship Him, and pray that we get over there soon!
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