So once again I have fallen off the face of the earth with my blogging. I have noticed this trend in adoption blogs and now I know why. When there is no new news it is hard not get to defeated....it's hard not to get a little down. In my best effort not to pitch a tent on the island of doubt and self-pity I have just not said anything. And yet every step of the way Jesus has been so incredibly faithful. At this point in this journey I expected to be in Uganda already camped out in a hotel with my girl. Here I sit in good ole Pineville. I found myself not making any plans for the month of November. Homecoming week at LC came and went. The events of homecoming were enough to keep me busy but once it was over I caught myself getting anxious again. Last Monday I sent a text out to several of my closest friends and asked them to pray that I would hear something...anything from Uganda to know we were at least moving forward. No joke, I sent that text at 10:10am and before noon I received word that our documents had not been sent to court yet because D's birth records had not yet been found. And there you have it....I asked for something and I got it and yet I found myself sad because it's not what I wanted to hear. How were they suppose to find this document if they had not found it so far???? A dear friend was quick to remind me that they found D's father in the bush of Africa when they didn't even know if he was alive or not. What a great reminder that this document was no challenge for our God. Fast forward to Friday when I was sitting at a garage sale fundraiser to help another family in our church raise money for their adoption. A friend was asking if there was any update on the document and I said, "no but soon". Side note: sunflowers have always been my thing that appears when something major is going on and it's always that still small confirmation that Jesus hasn't forgotten about me. The night before I had gone to visit a friend at her grandfather's wake and the casket spray was filled with sunflowers. It was just enough for me to know that document was coming. I didn't tell the friend that at the time...I just left it at "soon". Her response was perfect..."yeah, to me soon means by this afternoon....I want them to find it by this afternoon." Kid you not....before Emmy left the garage sale I had a message on my facebook from Geoffrey that the document had been found. I yelled across the garage at Emmy and a screaming girl party broke out as I celebrated with many people from my Gathering Place family.
So what now? Well all of our documents are now being submitted to the high court and we wait for a court date. I could get a call any day now that we have a court date. I wake up every morning thinking today could be the day I get that call. I've already started packing D's bag and starting making a packing list for myself. At this point it is really sinking in that A. I'm about to be a mom B. I have no idea what I am doing and C. I will most likely spend Thanksgiving and Christmas in Uganda. Taking a deep breath as a I type this.
Here is how you can be praying for us:
*pray we get a court date soon
*pray for favor with the judge (anything can happen in Africa)
*pray the process goes smoothly and quickly (we could be there anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks waiting on Embassy and immigration appointments)
*pray that I make the most of the time we are in Uganda to enjoy D and tutor her to get ready for school
*pray that everything falls in place when we get home....until she is here we can't really do anything about insurance, schools, finding a doctor, etc. so the weeks after we are home will be a whirlwind
*pray that I have discernment on how to best protect D in the beginning and not overwhelm her with everyone who has been waiting to meet her
