Laying it down.
You would think that I had learned how incredibly might our God is while doing our last adoption.
Have I also mentioned that ~ we ~ have a parent toddler relationship LOL!
I am sure He is like "when will this girl ever learn to trust me!" Hmm, verbalizing that makes me think if a particular little boy living at our house!
Ok, so I mentioned we REUSED our dossier.
Over the past few weeks I have been hearing rumblings of changes to the reuse program.
Instead of LOI by the 1 year anniversary of Gotcha - you now have to be DTC -
no problem, way ahead of the game.
Then I started hearing of LOA's being held until new notarized letters of reference were sent to China.
Uh-Oh
Oh but wait they were people who reused but were taking a long time.
Ok still not worried.
THEN, I read the same request for someone reusing who brought their child home in Feb.
UGG! - time to freak. I mean beyond freak out!
I spent about 24 hours in sheer panic mode.
And then I woke up Sunday, and the birds were singing and I remembered I am the tool and this is HIS plan.
Funny thing our sermon - yep right along those lines. Trust Him, because when it comes to expanding His kingdom He will prevail.
Open my email today - and read
"I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago." Psalm 77:11 (NIV)
How easily we forget the perfect timing he orchestrated for our trip to China in Dec, saving us thousands on airline tickets, and working around a broken arm here, school, and placing us back home in time for Christmas Eve service.
How easily I forget that our impossible deadline to be DTC by June 12th and we . . . I mean HE blew that out of the water being DTC May 31st.
So I lay our journey back in His hands, trusting and praying.
You would think that I had learned how incredibly might our God is while doing our last adoption.
Have I also mentioned that ~ we ~ have a parent toddler relationship LOL!
I am sure He is like "when will this girl ever learn to trust me!" Hmm, verbalizing that makes me think if a particular little boy living at our house!
Ok, so I mentioned we REUSED our dossier.
Over the past few weeks I have been hearing rumblings of changes to the reuse program.
Instead of LOI by the 1 year anniversary of Gotcha - you now have to be DTC -
no problem, way ahead of the game.
Then I started hearing of LOA's being held until new notarized letters of reference were sent to China.
Uh-Oh
Oh but wait they were people who reused but were taking a long time.
Ok still not worried.
THEN, I read the same request for someone reusing who brought their child home in Feb.
UGG! - time to freak. I mean beyond freak out!
I spent about 24 hours in sheer panic mode.
And then I woke up Sunday, and the birds were singing and I remembered I am the tool and this is HIS plan.
Funny thing our sermon - yep right along those lines. Trust Him, because when it comes to expanding His kingdom He will prevail.
Open my email today - and read
"I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago." Psalm 77:11 (NIV)
How easily we forget the perfect timing he orchestrated for our trip to China in Dec, saving us thousands on airline tickets, and working around a broken arm here, school, and placing us back home in time for Christmas Eve service.
How easily I forget that our impossible deadline to be DTC by June 12th and we . . . I mean HE blew that out of the water being DTC May 31st.
So I lay our journey back in His hands, trusting and praying.
