“…I have
learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Philippians
4:11).
Hello, dear
ones!
I apologize for the tardiness I
have shown in not getting an update out for two months! Some of you have said
that even if I don’t have anything great to report, you still like to know
what’s happening and, of course, to see pictures. Too, we recognize that when
we do not send updates, we also likely do not get as much prayer support, which
is our fault and loss.
On Sunday the above verse was
shared in church, and it struck me with force. I have applied it many times to
many situations in my life, but never to the waiting and unknowns of K’s
adoption finalization. I don’t think that means that we should not earnestly
pray for the finalization to happen, but I know that God wants us to be at rest
and PATIENT while He works. And that has more and more become my experience of
late. (Reuben has seldom felt or exhibited any anxiety over the matter; he’s so
steady!). What a sweet happiness and peace is ours when we are content in God’s
will for our lives!!!
Nothing new is really happening at
this point. We are still waiting on the needed clearance, as well as
for our attorney to get some documents together. He told us last week that
he’s seldom seen adoptions in CA finalize in less than a year. That would be
July in our case. :-( That feels
like a long wait in many ways. For one thing, we have monthly visits from our state social worker (half of which we pay for), and we will need to update
our homestudy in April if K’s adoption is not finalized by then. And of course underneath it all is the longing to have the wait
overwith, to know that she is truly ours, and have that chapter of our lives
closed and be able to move on.
Thank you for praying for us, and
please don’t stop. We would ask that you specifically ask God to give all those
involved in our case a sense of urgency to do their part in a timely
manner.
God bless you!
Judi
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