September 26 was No Match Monday...So I went a few days throwing myself a pity party. Questioning how much I truly trust God in this process. Not understanding why we started our adoption process soooo long ago and still didn't have our daughter. Watching friends get their daughters, and here I still sat. Pity party of 1, right here. And a friend sent me a devotional that rocked my world. Do I really trust God? Do I truly believe his plans are way better and way bigger than mine? Do I believe he REALLY has my best interest at heart? After a few days of praying and seeking, I decided... YES, I do believe this. Is it easy? NO. Is it the way I would do it? NO. But thank goodness I'm not God. So I let go of my control and moved along my sort of merry way. October 24,a good guess for the day of the next China list , already circled on my calendar. (now this process was not nearly as easy as it reads mind you.)
AND THEN...
Monday morning, October 3, I woke up to an email from 10:00 pm (way past my bedtime) the night before that read... "Are you up? Call me!" from our social worker. My heart started going a mile a minute while I debated if 6:30 am was too early to call her? I managed to wait until 8:30 then called. And I hear the precious words "We have a file for you to look at. Would you like to look?" Um... YES PLEASE! Now the next 2 days of this process I will have to tell over time because it's a whole whole whole lot of God and a whole little of me. But to wrap this up for now, at 5:30pm on Tuesday October 4, we accepted this referral as our daughter! Pictures to come hopefully next week.
Drumroll please....
MAMIE KOWN
AUGUST 6, 2010
GUIPING CITY, GUANGXI PROVENCE, CHINA
Praying for her to become a part of our family in Spring 2012
And let me tell you... God is faithful!
Congratulations, Robyn! Can't wait to hear more about her!
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