Another Delay

Please join us in continuing to pray for our adoption process. We recently (as in 2 days ago and then again today) heard of the potential for even more delays in Ethiopia. It’s pretty complicated, and it would be difficult to explain exactly what is going on, so please just pray.



We’ve had delays this entire process. To recap: instead of taking 4 weeks to get our fingerprints back, it took 8 weeks; instead of taking 4 weeks to have the state approve our home study, it took 8 weeks; instead of taking 6 weeks to receive our immigration paperwork, it took 12 weeks; instead of receiving our referral at 4-6 months like we first thought, we’re looking at 5-8 months, with the potential for that wait time to increase significantly again.


With each new delay, it feels like our hearts are being squeezed just a little more, and it’s tempting to give in to despair and hopelessness. But, I was recently reminded by another adoptive mom of something A.W. Tozer once said. "Most people gaze at their circumstances and glance at God. We need to gaze at God and glance at the circumstances."

So, in an attempt to do that, I’ve been reminding myself all day that God is the father of the fatherless and that he sets the lonely in families (Psalm 68: 5-6). He is the defender of the orphan (Isaiah 1:17), and he hears their cries (Exodus 22:22-23). We don’t have to wonder if God cares about the millions of orphans in Ethiopia and around the world. We know he does. So, we’re praying that he would show himself strong on our behalf and on behalf of the many, many waiting children and families. Will you join us?