About 3:15 this afternoon God and I had a talk….or I should say, I whined to him. The wait to go get Mika in China has been killing me the past few days. I had my perfect plan in mind, and I just wanted God to put his stamp of approval on it, and we could move on. After spending about 15 minutes confessing my pride, anger, disappointment, and spending some time refreshing my mind about who God is, I shut my bible and journal. I proceeded to get my coat on and rustle up Annie and Noah to pick up Kiana at school when my cell phone rang. It was our adoption agency telling us our Travel Approval had arrived today! Does God have impeccable timing or what?!! But wait…it gets better…they told us the potential travel dates – December 11th – 24th! Can you believe that??? We could be on our way to China in 9 days! There will be a call made to the in-country staff tomorrow in China to try and get our date with the US Consulate – that appointment determines the whole travel time. They asked us to pray that it would happen as they’ve planned, and we should hear back from them tomorrow. God has given me such a gift with this timing – it allows us to spend time with my family after we get back from China. Mika is not going to know where her home really is at first, but she’ll eventually learn that we live in Indiana, right?!
My mind (and Rich’s) is filled with details that need to be taken of…mainly finding people to watch the kids while we’re gone. There is so much to be done here – crib, buying a car seat, diapers…all that fun stuff! What does a 16 month old do??? I need to find that out, too! So, if you would, first thank God for his incredible gift to us today, and pray for our sanity as we try to maneuver all the things that need to be taken care of before we leave. I cannot tell you how thankful I am for your prayers on our behalf!!! I’ll let you know when we get the final word on our travel dates!
Love,
Heather
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