Alright, so we're only a few short weeks into this whole adoption process and I can already tell you that I'm not sure that I am going to like the waiting part of this game! I was thinking today- as I did my 77th load of laundry for the week- about how different adoption was going to be from pregnancy. I have been there and done that 4 times, so I have that down to a science. However, this is a whole different ball game with a whole different set of rules, and I'm not sure I'm going to like it!
With pregnancy, you go to the doctor, and on the very first visit, they get out that little dial chart thingy and they tell you - within about 14 days- when your baby will arrive. And, for the most part, it's pretty accurate. There is nothing you can do to make it happen any sooner or any later. You can eat all the leafy greens and drink all the water you want, and the bottom line is, your due date is your due date. No typos, authentication mistakes, fed-ex men, or doctors with the flu can change the date when that baby will arrive. Not true with adoption. It's maddening, and we've only just begun. I feel confident the good Lord is going to give me lots of opportunities to grow in faith, whether I want them or not.
So, all that said, here's where we're at in the waiting game. On Tuesday morning we got an e-mail from Gladney letting us know that they had requested our home study and a social worker would be calling us within the next 10 business days. I would have preferred for the e-mail to say- they had requested our homestudy and someone would be calling us first thing in the morning so that we could have the homestudy completed at lightning speed so that we could get it to immigration immediately so that we could be fingerprinted so that we could receive CIS approval in record time so that we could officially be on the real waiting list because they know we can't wait to kiss that sweet baby's face. It didn't say that and we now have 4 business days behind us and we'll patiently wait for 6 more if that's what it takes.
For those of you mature people out there, let me say this. Yes, we know God's timing is perfect, He's an on-time God, and He knows exactly which child is best for us at which time. Yes, we also know He has lessons for us to learn and we are certainly getting an opportunity to see His glory. All that said, we still aren't loving the waiting.
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Girl, you're making me laugh! I'm going to enjoy reading along as you wait and learn!
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Beth
Hi,
I found you through A Road to Emmaus and I can totally relate to your post. We have already had our adoption finalized in Ethiopia (Dec. 6) but since we are escorting, it's a whole 'nother round of waiting. As far as pregnancy vs. adoption I prefer the 'sonograms' that you get with the adoption (color pictures and video if you're lucky!) Ha! At least I don't have to explain where the face is and where the foot is.
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