I had told Joel some time ago that I was going to take everything with the adoption one at a time at this point unless God showed me somehow clearly that I needed to hurry the heck up. Which means, mainly, that I wasn’t going to allow myself to be surrounded by paperwork but would handle each piece separately and not get stressed.
And God laughed.
I’ve been emailing back and forth with our case worker about visiting the girls while I’m in Ethiopia, and it’s been a very productive conversation. But suddenly it took an unexpected turn. Though often people are waiting for a while for their children to be moved to the care center, for some reason ours are going to be moved there at the end of this week when we haven’t even been expecting it. Actually, it’s such a shock to us that we verified that we had read our email correctly. It turns out that they’re moving them figuring our paperwork will be in any day (since the finalization is now complete on our first adoption). Ah.
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First off, I feel more than a little guilty knowing that there are families that wait as patiently as possible for their kids to be moved AFTER all of their papers have been in. We have friends who have waited for quite a while, and we probably know some who are waiting right now. Why should ours be moved and not theirs?
Second, I feel incredibly blessed in that visiting them will be tons easier than it would have been. I was going to have a two hour side trip to visit with them for an afternoon or something, and now they’ll be right in the capital city where I’ll be spending the bulk of my time. And since I’m traveling two days before Michelle, I can use those two days to get to know my future daughters.
Third… ok, so how clearly can God give hints?? Wow. Ok. So, when I get back, I’m going to surround myself with paperwork and get it done as fast as possible. 🙂 Hm… maybe we could even put in for our police clearances before I leave. Well, God… I’m taking the hint, now give me the strength.