This is all moving so fast! Just last week, we officially submitted our paperwork and now we are talking Immigration Forms, Home Studies, Passports, a 6 week stay in Hungary.....on and on and on. I am thankful for our incredible adoption agency who cares as much about our emotional health as our adoption process. Many, many thanks to M. for her support these past few months and her patience with us as we prayed and discussed as a family and prayed some more and drug our feet and then finally decided to go forward with this. I will write an "our story" soon, to let everyone know how we came to this decision. But wanted to get this blog started because so much is happening so fast.
We got hooked up through our adoption agency with a yahoo group formed specifically for parents who have adopted through them, and we were befriended through email by a couple in that group who just got back from adopting an 8 year old boy from Hungary. What a incredible story they have! Anyway, no coincidence that they are strong Christians and that the mother's name is Karen. Her mantra through their year long adoption process, she said, was "Breathe. Just Breathe." and I think I have adopted that mantra as well. But my lifeline is in this statement that she wrote to me. She said that "when there seems to be no way, God will make a way." I believe that with all of my heart. As crazy as this all seems, Tony and I are compelled to move forward on this fast moving train (although I must confess we have already considered jumping), and our wonderful kids have assured us that they also are wholeheartedly on board for this wild, incredible ride!
I'm really SO excited for you and your family. This will, undoubtedly, be one of the most exciting, scary, and difficult times you've ever been through, but I know God will guide you every step of the way, as you keep your eyes focused on Him.
ReplyDeleteThere's a (VERY) old worship song, by Don Moen, that goes along with what you said. Here are some of the words:
God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way.
He works in ways we cannot see,
He will make a way for me.
He will be my guide,
Hold me closely to His side.
With love and strength
For each new day...
He will make a way.
The song may be really old, but the words still have the same meaning. Hold tight to them and to the Lord as you continue on this incredible journey. Your friends and family will pray you through!
KT