Grand Plans

We just got back from a very peaceful vacation to the UP. We are blessed to have the time and money to see God’s beautiful creation far from home.

When we got back, I had many emails to catch up on. One of those was from our adoption agency (CHI) stating that they had surprisingly been denied their Hague accreditation. That was not good news for them and we are praying that the decision will be reversed as soon as CHI goes through the appeals process.

We are not sure at this point how that will affect our adoption process with Colombia and CHI. We were told not to worry because there is no reason to believe that Colombia will stop working with families while CHI goes through the appeals process. It is my understanding from the email that families who already have their I600a application approved have no reason to fear at this point. We are one of those families so I am trusting God that things will continue as we had planned. But, I know the old saying that if you want to make God laugh, just tell him your plans. We are trusting Him that whatever happens, whether or not it is what we thought would happen, He has us in his arms and will lead us down the paths he has planned for us. And that is good, because I know that God will not lead us into anything we can’t handle.

Please pray that CHI will get the Hague denial reversed, and all the families who are waiting with so much patience, hope and joy for their children will not be delayed any more than normal.

Yes, we just finished paying for half of the adoption expenses, but that doesn’t seem to compare to what it will really cost to be a mommy. Check out the link below.

http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/mommie.html