Concerns

I have been slow to post a lot of information about the Congo and adoptions.  Let me begin by saying there is a lot of misinformation.  Just because we may have strong feelings one way or another, posting them may not always be helpful.   Even though pages may be secure, it is still on the world wide web.  With that out of the way... Christianity Today has a great article about the halted adoptions in Congo.  I am going to post it for you to read if you care to know more. Congo Halts Adoptions

(I am full of very raw emotions right now.  We just got back from the airport welcoming friends who returned from the DR Congo with their son.  It doesn't help that this time 6 years ago we were in Thailand getting Janaa.  I'm always emotional in October and November.  It's just pitiful folks.  I thought age was making me more emotional, but maybe it's the beauty of adoption.)

Watching our friends come down the airport escalator as a family was pretty emotional.  We were in the same place 6 years ago and words just don't explain these experiences in life.  Not only that, but we are with the same agency going to the same country.  We have been excited and anxious for them as we have watched their journey. They have been an encouragement to us in our faith as we watched them face some difficult decisions with grace, love and integrity.

SO...You're probably wandering what we are going to do.  Will we continue with the Congo?  We don't have a lot of answers right now. We are in a great place, as we are waiting to have our fingerprints done to receive approval from the US government to adopt internationally.  At this point we plan to keep moving forward.  We will watch what happens in country for the next couple of months.  When our friends have had time to rest and feel more adjust to their new family, we hope to learn a bit more from what they know being in country.

Tonight I am overwhelmed with God's blessings.  Growing up, I never thought of adoptions as being miraculous.  Birth was, but adoptions were just a paper process.  How incredibly wrong I was!!!  Each time a child enters a family I am reminded that God wrote a unique story for them and probably parted more than one "Red Sea" to bring them to their forever home.  

Right now, we are asking you to pray for us.  We need great wisdom as to how and when to proceed.  We have no doubt that this is part of Caleb's story.  Pray that the Lord will use this to show us more of Himself . My very selfish prayer is that when he comes home that he will still fit in my nephews' hand-me-downs that are hanging in his closet.

The day before heading to Bangkok for the adoption board meeting
and all the paperwork that must be processed before flying out. Yes, we all
slept in that bed.  So much space for someone so little.