Why is it that the BEST things in life have to be the hardest? I know what you all are going to say - if they weren't hard to achieve, they would be the best, right? It just really sucks that my kids are out there WAITING to come home to our family forever and there is nothing I can do to speed up this process. I just want my little ones home, NOW! I can't get adoption stuff out of my head. Why does this process have to be so HARD? Why are there so many HOOPS to jump through? Why so much RED TAPE? Why is it so stinking EXPENSIVE? This is the fifth adoption process Cher and I have done and it never gets any easier - rules always change, requirements are different, legalities all over the place! Can't the countries of the world get together and just streamline this process so it is universal around the globe and have one set of rules to govern it all?!? That would make life SO much easier on adoptive families. After-all, these kids need a home, a family, and we are ready, willing and able to give that to them.
God, please make things go faster! Please give me patience! Please help me to trust your timing! Please look after my babies!
"But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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P.S. If you remember, say a prayer for our babies in Uganda - Thanks!
3 comments:
I am sorry you couldn't sleep (and you don't even have the menopause excuse!). People who haven't adopted can't fully understand the amount of overwhelming red tape, paperwork, time, time and more time involved. It is difficult not to grow weary.
Yesterday I had a meltdown at church. The choir sang Days of Elijah and Year of Jubilee. The song started and my tears started. Before long I was sobbing out of control (not very pretty sight on the front row). Very few "get it". But when God grabs your heart for the orphan and then draws one (or two!) to you to be yours there is little else that matters - and it is unexplainable to the average person.
After church yesterday our keyboard player came to me saying how hard it was to know that Jubilee is out there as they played this song and how he and his wife are praying for her....I told him: I have been "pregnant" 14 times - 7 in the flesh and 7 paper pregnancies...and the 7 paper have been so much harder. I told him how when I was pregnant w/Graham I was on complete bedrest for 3-1/2 months - but even that was a piece of cake compared to Jubilee's "pregnancy" that we have been working on for 18 months!
ANyway, I firmly believe that the enemy of our souls HATES that you are bringing two home and that he wants to discourage, overwhelm and frustrate you. I am equally convinced that our Miracle-working, Mountain-moving, Awe-inspiring, Gasp-giving God is working on your behalf and Ezekiel and Kaysia will be heading home soon - His heart is for the orphan and He will do anything to make sure they get home to you guys!
How 'bout a time of prayer and fasting?? Let us know!!
I can't wait to hug you guys in person - Dw & my kids loved you J bunches when they were with you in Uganda and I have loved talking to C on the phone...xo
Hi, James, sorry I haven't written sooner to tell you that I just love your Ugandan kids! They are both adorable! Godwin is just about the most laid-back easy-going "Aw, shucks!" kind of little guy I know. He just grins, with his head cocked to the side, and ambles on over to see what's up. So lovable! Miss Elizabeth, on the other hand, came running up to see me each time I came (after the first time, when we met), chattering and wanting to be in the middle of whatever was happening. Such a bright, cheerful little gal! They are both wonderful kids! I told them their mommy and daddy would be coming for them soon.
I have measurements, but alas, I have to find them first, and also see if I can download some pictures for you. My excuse for not doing so yet: I got home Thursday, my daughter-in-law presented me with a new grandson Friday, and then I worked Saturday and Sunday night. I will send something in the next couple of days. I hope the pictures turn out, but they could never convey what sweet kids they are. Just like our Isaiah! I do believe you daddys picked the cream of the crop!
James! Ugh - so much is happening - toally a prayer and fast day - your interviews and all our details!!
Why is this so hard? Thank you for that verse - perfect verse to calm my anxious/weak heart this morning!
Lets all skype soon!
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