Monday, October 22, 2012

Hurry up and....wait!

Time has slipped away from me somewhat quickly. I really wanted to keep this blog updated all the time, but as you can see if you look back at the date of the last update, Im not doing real great at that. School started, along with work, the kids are all in sports, so we are on the run a lot! But, enough excuses!

Of course, we had the benefit! It went very well, we had many local businesses pull through and donate some wonderful items for the silent auction. We had many friends and family show up throughout the day showing their support to us! We appreciate everyone who helped make the fundraiser such a sucess!

We did get the update on our son as requested. He is still rather small for his age, but not too small. It states he is a stong-willed stubborn boy! It states that his main delay is the weakness in one leg, he is able to walk but cannot run and jump like the other children his age. He is in Preschool and is learning well. He can do many things on his own such as dress and feed himself. And we got a picture of him with his friends. We found out that his best friend is being adopted from another family in Illinois! We have made contact with them and they have since brought him home!

We have completed everything that we can, with the exception on one training that is 8-10 hours online. We will tackle this training within the next week or two. Right now we are waiting on the homestudy report to get completed and our social worker is waiting to complete it until she has our clearances. She got an email that clearances are backed up and she will probably not get them this month. This is upsetting to us as we have already had to ask China for an extension to hold his file while we wait on the homestudy. We still hope to be able to go get him sometime between March and May, but it really depends on how quickly the homestudy gets completed at this point.

Once the homestudy is done, we will once again be busy. As much as I didn't enjoy all the paperwork in the beginning of this process, I much rather have paperwork to be doing than have nothing to do. I feel like we hurried up all summer to get through as much as possible for nothing. We have been waiting for a few months now, doing nothing much new.

I know it is all in the Lords timing and I know we are not in control, but of course we want things to get rolling faster. The faster things go the sooner we can bring him home.

The other night I had a very vivid dream, our family had packed up and decided to go to Hong Kong Disney and decided we would just stop by the orphanage and see if they would let us see him. ( I didn't say this was a realistic dream!) Anyways, we got there and they happily allowed us all in and directed us to where he was laying in bed. They are telling him who we are as we are walking in the room and he says " I want to see mama" and I just lost it! In the dream we got to hug, kiss, cuddle and play with him. I woke in the middle of the night after this dream and thanked God for the dream. Although it wasn't real, it was nice to feel that close to him for just a little bit of time. I feel so distant from this adoption lately, like it doesn't even seem real. I think about it and pray about it everyday, but not having anything to do, it just doesn't feel real lately. I remind myself, by this time next year, we will be sitting here with our son and this will all be in the past.

We ask that you continue to pray for our family and pray for our son. Pray that the Lord continues to guide us on this journey He has pulled us to. Pray that He continues to provide for us emotionally, financially, and physically. Pray that He works within the hearts and minds of all the people who are involved along the way. Pray that the Lord begins to prepare our sons heart and mind for his family. Pray that our son is kept safe, warm, fed, and loved while he is waiting for us. We have came a long way and have a long way to go still.

We appreciate all your love and support!
Here was our new photo sent from the orphanage. Our son is in the middle. His best friend is to the right of him.