I am sorry it has been such a terribly long time since my last update. The busyness of life and especially the holidays combined with the fact that we don't have anything good to really update you on has made it tough for me to want to write on here.
I do want to keep you "in the know" since so many of you have been great supporters asking about what's going on, and I know many are praying. Right now we are still waiting. Honestly, lately most days we are waiting impatiently.
We started this process almost a year ago, and at that point were under the impression we would have our new little one home before the end of 2011. Since then there has been an incredibly devastating famine and major changes to the government department that handles adoption in Ethiopia. Here we are almost a year later, and we still have a long wait ahead. In fact, we got an email Friday, and according to the way things are going right now, it doesn't look like we will bring our little one home in 2012 either. Bummer. Really big BUMMER. Not gonna lie, we did not take this very well. Usually when one of us is having a hard time, the other is doing well. We balance each other out. This time we were both disappointed and discouraged.
We gave ourselves time to be upset. And then we were reminded our lives and plans are not our own. Our plans are not always the same as the Lord's. Even on the hard days, we have peace and confidence in Him. That doesn't mean those days don't include tears and impatience, it just means we can rest in faith and hope.
