I knew the wait during this adoption would be long. I just thought most of the waiting would be after the referral (which it still may be). Today is one of the days that I am tired of waiting. Our papers arrived in Haiti 10/31/11. We have heard next to nothing since then. At the end of March, Bethany said "it should be soon, not sure if it will be April, but it should be soon." When we wrote to Dixie in early April saying we would consider the babies with Down Syndrome she said she had already chosen the child for our family but would pray about it. It is now May 14,2012 and I feel like I felt when I was nine months pregnant....I can't wait one.more.day.!!!!!!!!
Well, I can because I know that God already knows which child will be added to our family. In fact, he knew before we signed the first paper. That is comforting to me as we wait. I know the waiting will take a whole new turn when we have a name and a face. At this point, our papers cannot move to the next step,IBESR until 7/31 anyway. They have put a hold on accepting new dossiers because they are trying to work through the backlog. Hopefully, this will make things move more efficiently when they do resume accepting dossiers.
So for now, I am trying to use this time to pray for the sweet girl who will make the trek from Haiti to New Jersey. Ben asked me last night what cubby she will have in the closet. It just so happens there are 6 already there.
