God's Hand

Just when your thinking 'why God' He sometimes gives you a glimpse into why.  Today is the day we should have been in court and it is four days past Haddie's fifth birthday.  We missed another one of her birthdays which breaks our hearts but we are trusting God.  About the glimpse; God showed us today that it had to happen the way it did to get things moving in India.  Just yesterday our adoption agency was given a court petition for the adoption to get started in Hyderabad.  This could have taken many more months without their mistake.  There may be other reasoning behind why it happened they way it did, but we are pleased and thankful that we get to see a little glimpse into why.

Hopefully we will be getting the call soon to go to court and start finalizing the adoption so we can bring our little 5 year old home with us.

Thank you Lord for the little glimpses and for the honor of being able to see you at work in our lives. Protect and prepare Haddie's heart and ours as we move forward in the completion on our family.

Ready set...don't go

So to all those who are actually taking the time to read this, we have had a change in plans.  You heard it right this adoption is a one of a kind according to our wonderful reps from the adoption agency.  We found out on Tuesday early morning that India had made a mistake and it wasn't our little girl but another little girl who was ready to have a court hearing.  This was a very hard pill to swallow.  We were so close... Our adoption agency has been great through the whole thing they share our disappointment and have since contacted the Ripa and government with strong yet helpful words of truth about how this has effected us and the family of the little girl who it was actually for.  The agency has never seen this happen before so I pray this is the last time for us and for anyone to suffer the emotional and financial effects of this mistake.

When we found out that we were going; God had given me an uneasiness but I worked through it just in hopes of holding Haddie.  He showed me He was still in control in so many ways through those couple days.  For instance I was on the way to San Francisco to get visas and He put two wonderful women on my flight.  Women I have known for many years and whom I look up to.  They prayed with me and comforted me through the flight and encouraged the road we had ahead.  When I found out through an email that we for sure would not be going a since of peace came over me almost like God was saying, "not yet but soon".  The Lord is so faithful and through the time we found out we were going, till the time we found out we weren't I prayed God would show me and He did through His Holy Spirit.



On the way back the Lord reminded me that whenever thing falls apart I need to keep holding on to the hope that He does not let go...

                                   His beauty is never ending...(my view from the plane home)

Got a call!!!!!!!

While cleaning my house on Friday I picked up a little jacket for Haddie that Sarai was walking around with and put it in her bag I have ready for her.  As I held on to it I longed to hold on to her.  An hour later I recieved a phone call from our adoption agency!  He informed me they recieved an email which stated that they want us there for the 23rd of April court date.  I was in shock when he told me and he was in shock that they think it is normal to call parents up and get them to India in a weeks time.  I was just thrilled to have some news.  The adoption agency rep told me that this has never happened in his 15 years of working with Indian adoptions.  The email they had sent him contained the wrong name on it.  So we decided we would make all the reservations like we are going but if they did actually contact the wrong people we will have to put all of it on hold.

So we are now packing, have our flights, rooms, and the other one hundred things needed to travel to India to meet your daughter.  At least we think we have it all together...  I am traveling to San Francisco to get visas for Andrew and I in such a short time frame.  Pray  we can get them please.

 One snag though after the court day they will put in for her passport which means that it might be a month till we can bring her home.  This means we will have to leave on the 25th and have to leave our little girl there.  Oh it breaks my heart to think about it.

Please be in prayer for us as we embark on this adventure.  Pray for her heart to be open to us and pray for ours as we bond with her.  I know and believe God's timing is always the best and the way this came around is amazing.  I just dread leaving her behind.....