A Bump In The Road

I found out this week we probably will not travel until January or maybe even February! I was shocked! You would think I would be more prepared. In the previous post I was concerned about traveling during Christmas, now I would give anything to travel during Christmans! After getting over the initial shock and dissapointment and shedding a few tears I remembered God is in control of this journey, not me. He knows when Kennedy is coming home. It is just so hard. With each tick of the clock she is growing up and we are missing out.
The bright part of the week was going to the airport and being there for the arrival of Sarah and Avi Joy, two beautiful angels from Vietnam and also from the same orphanage as Kennedy! I also was able to meet Luke a handome little guy who came home from Vietnam last month and also from the same orphanage! They were so beautiful, these three treasures from Vietnam.
In a few months our baby girl will be home, forever.

Did I tell you I hate waiting?

The hardest part of the adoption process has to be the wait. The paperwork is finished,you have a picture of this precious child that God has chosen for you, the gifts have been received and now all you can to do is wait. I read the wonderful blogs of friends who are in Vietnam to bring home their children. Some have seen our daughter, maybe held her. I want that in the worse way. Many have taken pictures of her, THANK YOU!
I want to hold her, hug her and love her. I want to look in those beautiful dark eyes and say "I love you."
Deep down in the depths of my soul I know one thing for sure; God is the only one who knows when she will come home and that His timing is perfect.
A friend sent me the most beautiful prayer on waiting. It is a long prayer and if I had to pick one part from it that spoke volumes to my heart it would be this:

Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true, but oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you.
So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see that the greatest gift is to truly know me.
And though My answers seem terribly late, My most precious answer of all is still..."Wait."