I get asked, daily, "How's the adoption going? Have you heard any news out of Lesotho? Do you know who your baby is yet?" I am really getting sick of saying, "It's at a standstill. No, we haven't heard anything. We are in the waiting stage." I know, I know. Patience! Well, it ain't that easy folks!
I know that in the adoption world we have not been waiting long at ALL!! We have only officially been waiting since the end of February. Most people wait more than a year before hearing of a referral. We are waiting for Lesotho to begin the match meetings down there. They had one scheduled for the end of March. Due to some paperwork issues they were going to postpone that meeting for 2 weeks. Well, that meeting STILL hasn't happened! Not sure why. Our hope is that they are getting all their ducks in a row so that when they do start to have the match meetings they will be smooth and wait time to travel isn't too long. I know that we will not be matched at the first meeting or probably the second and maybe not even the third! We are about 15th or so on the "list" for the USA families that are adopting from Lesotho. So, we need to get some people crossed off the list. But we don't even know if they will follow the "list" when matiching families! We need to have some of these families united with their babies and the babies united with their forever families! Precious time is passing and these families and children are missing out!!!
I have said before that I do not do well when I don't know any information. I start to drum up scenarios in my head. I start to lay awake at night wondering.......My saving grace right now is that God's timing is perfect and there is a reason for all of this! Also, there is an end to this, at some point, we WILL have a precious little girl join our family at just the right time. This I know! What a day that will be! It will be worth every day I sit here waiting for an email that says there is a meeting scheduled!! Worth every pop can I bring back to the store. Worth every t-shirt order placed. Worth every sacrifice made! Someday, I will be sitting here playing with my daughter wondering what all the worry was for!
If I could be so bold as to ask for prayer for my heart and the heart of my family. Pray for patience and peace. I need prayers so I don't get bitter. I tend to get bitter when things aren't going my way. I don't want to be bitter. I want JOY pouring out of me when I talk about the adoption process and not bitterness. How is bitterness going to make anyone else want to go through this agonizing wait time!
I hope to update again soon with some NEWS!!!
